diff --git a/docs/roadmap.md b/docs/roadmap.md
index 8470780..caaa677 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap.md
@@ -1430,6 +1430,9 @@ principles named were durable, accurate and reactive. Found in rally 0x7 by plus
   run alongside; observed only, never changing the result; the browser tests carry those lines to their own
   standard error, so ci-local's log has them; with tests for a segfault retried, a second failing, and a teardown
   crash with a stand-in coredumpctl.
+- [ ] **RAL-184: The digest's gate line counts "suites and scenes".** From the watchman's read of RAL-181: with every
+  suite recorded, RAL-180's green line said "112 scenes" of what are mostly the QUICK phase's suites. Done when: the
+  line, and the parser's and service's bound messages, say "suites and scenes"; with the tests updated.
 - [ ] **RAL-182: The state-bar redraw test waits on what it reads, not on fixed times.** From the watchman
   (2026-11-14): `a_redraw_moves_the_state_bar_with_the_counts` failed once under full-suite load for jaunty-harrier
   (at `in_browser`'s check that the script ended well; its output wasn't kept, and no Chrome core was dumped
diff --git a/src/digest.rs b/src/digest.rs
index 235cc2f..0aa7f08 100644
--- a/src/digest.rs
+++ b/src/digest.rs
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ mod tests {
             "a" | "b" => Verdict::Green {
                 tip: tip.clone(),
                 on_main: true,
-                summary: "QUICK OK, 3 scenes, 0 failed".into(),
+                summary: "QUICK OK, 112 suites and scenes, 0 failed".into(),
             },
             "c" => Verdict::Running {
                 tip: "2".repeat(40),
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ mod tests {
             [
                 "- DSM-1, DSM-2: landed in 1111111: gated locally, green at 1111111 [observed: \
                  ~/.local/state/dsm-gates/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111.log names \
-                 1111111 (QUICK OK, 3 scenes, 0 failed), its .ok is there, and git shows 1111111 \
+                 1111111 (QUICK OK, 112 suites and scenes, 0 failed), its .ok is there, and git shows 1111111 \
                  on origin/main in ~/Documents/GitHub/Discoteque and holding each]",
                 "- DSM-3: gate running at 2222222 for 50 min [observed: \
                  ~/.local/state/dsm-gates/2222222222222222222222222222222222222222.log, no .ok \
diff --git a/src/gate_check.rs b/src/gate_check.rs
index 0203ec2..5afa6e2 100644
--- a/src/gate_check.rs
+++ b/src/gate_check.rs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ fn green(log: &GateLog, tip: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
     }
     match log.failures() {
         (0, 0) => Ok(format!(
-            "{}{} scenes, 0 failed",
+            "{}{} suites and scenes, 0 failed",
             log.quick
                 .as_deref()
                 .map(|q| format!("{q}, "))
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ mod tests {
             Verdict::Green {
                 tip: tip.clone(),
                 on_main: true,
-                summary: "QUICK OK, 1 scenes, 0 failed".into()
+                summary: "QUICK OK, 1 suites and scenes, 0 failed".into()
             }
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/gate_log.rs b/src/gate_log.rs
index 62f52b8..fa9e49a 100644
--- a/src/gate_log.rs
+++ b/src/gate_log.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ pub fn parse(text: &str, path: &str, sha256: &str, bytes: u64) -> Result<GateLog
             scenes.retain(|s| s.passed.is_some());
         } else if let Some(scene) = suite_header(line) {
             if scenes.len() >= MAX_SCENES {
-                return Err(format!("the log has more than {MAX_SCENES} scenes"));
+                return Err(format!(
+                    "the log has more than {MAX_SCENES} suites and scenes"
+                ));
             }
             scenes.push(Scene {
                 scene: scene.chars().take(120).collect(),
diff --git a/src/ledger.rs b/src/ledger.rs
index 043234e..e54f36c 100644
--- a/src/ledger.rs
+++ b/src/ledger.rs
@@ -3867,7 +3867,7 @@ fn check_fields(change: &Change) -> Result<(), LedgerError> {
                 }
                 if log.scenes.len() > crate::gate_log::MAX_SCENES {
                     return Err(LedgerError::InvalidChange(format!(
-                        "a gate log records at most {} scenes",
+                        "a gate log records at most {} suites and scenes",
                         crate::gate_log::MAX_SCENES
                     )));
                 }