diff --git a/extensions/ask-user-choice.ts b/extensions/ask-user-choice.ts
index 4f078eb4e..f436ebb09 100644
--- a/extensions/ask-user-choice.ts
+++ b/extensions/ask-user-choice.ts
@@ -322,7 +322,9 @@ export default function askUserChoice(pi: ExtensionAPI): void {
 			if (details?.selection) {
 				return new Text(theme.fg("success", `✓ ${details.selection.index}. ${details.selection.label}`), 0, 0);
 			}
-			if (details?.customResponse !== undefined) return new Text(theme.fg("success", "✓ Custom response"), 0, 0);
+			if (details?.customResponse !== undefined) {
+				return new Text(theme.fg("success", `✓ Custom response — ${details.customResponse}`), 0, 0);
+			}
 			return new Text(theme.fg("warning", "Cancelled"), 0, 0);
 		},
 	});
diff --git a/tests/ask-user-choice.test.ts b/tests/ask-user-choice.test.ts
index ae93cd1a1..f509e5af5 100644
--- a/tests/ask-user-choice.test.ts
+++ b/tests/ask-user-choice.test.ts
@@ -711,3 +711,17 @@ test("ask_user_choice is offered on an interactive rpc host and withdrawn once t
 	for (const hook of registration.hooks) await hook({}, { mode: "rpc" });
 	assert.deepEqual(registration.activeTools(), ["read"]);
 });
+
+test("ask_user_choice transcript shows the custom response text the user typed", () => {
+	const { tool } = registerChoiceTool();
+	const renderResult = (tool as unknown as {
+		renderResult: (result: unknown, options: unknown, theme: ChoiceTheme) => { render(width: number): string[] };
+	}).renderResult;
+	const theme: ChoiceTheme = { fg: (_color, text) => text, bg: (_color, text) => text, bold: (text) => text };
+	const rendered = renderResult(
+		{ content: [], details: { question: "Explain?", options, customResponse: "use the staging bucket" } },
+		{},
+		theme,
+	).render(100).join("\n");
+	assert.equal(stripTerminalSequences(rendered).trimEnd(), "✓ Custom response — use the staging bucket");
+});