diff --git a/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/console/ConsoleTasks.svelte b/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/console/ConsoleTasks.svelte
index 7b461874..d4db74f1 100644
--- a/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/console/ConsoleTasks.svelte
+++ b/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/console/ConsoleTasks.svelte
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
       .slice(0, 3),
   );
 
+  function taskNoun(count: number): "task" | "tasks" {
+    return count === 1 ? "task" : "tasks";
+  }
+
   function mark(status: ConsoleTask["status"]): string {
     switch (status) {
       case "pending":
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@
     {/each}
     <div class="task-summary-row">
       <span class="task-summary">
-        {counts.total} task(s) — pending: {counts.pending}, inprogress: {counts.inprogress}, completed: {counts.completed}, deleted: {counts.deleted}
+        {counts.total} {taskNoun(counts.total)} — pending: {counts.pending}, inprogress: {counts.inprogress}, completed: {counts.completed}
       </span>
       {#if workerViews.length > 1}
         <span class="worker-view-tabs" role="group" aria-label="Worker transcript view">
diff --git a/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/console/worker-console.ui.test.ts b/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/console/worker-console.ui.test.ts
index 5af0c3d2..89f172fe 100644
--- a/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/console/worker-console.ui.test.ts
+++ b/web/workspace/src/lib/workspace/console/worker-console.ui.test.ts
@@ -857,9 +857,10 @@ Deno.test("Web Console renders the client-projected Worker task store", async ()
       tasksComponent.includes("[~]") &&
       tasksComponent.includes("[x]") &&
       tasksComponent.includes("[-]") &&
-      tasksComponent.includes("task(s) — pending:") &&
+      tasksComponent.includes('return count === 1 ? "task" : "tasks"') &&
+      !tasksComponent.includes(", deleted: {counts.deleted}") &&
       tasksComponent.includes("task.description"),
-    "Tasks UI should mirror the TUI status marks, summary, and descriptions",
+    "Tasks UI should mirror the TUI status marks, pluralize its summary, omit the deleted count, and show descriptions",
   );
   assert(
     tasksModel.includes('name === "TaskCreate"') &&