diff --git a/Marks/Models/Bookmark.swift b/Marks/Models/Bookmark.swift
index 725ba1a..e06e772 100644
--- a/Marks/Models/Bookmark.swift
+++ b/Marks/Models/Bookmark.swift
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ struct Bookmark: Codable, Identifiable, Sendable, Hashable {
     var domain: String {
         URL(string: url)?.host ?? url
     }
+
+    /// A short content snippet for list previews: the page's scraped meta
+    /// description, falling back to the user's own note. nil when neither exists.
+    var contentExcerpt: String? {
+        for candidate in [websiteDescription, description] {
+            if let c = candidate?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines), !c.isEmpty {
+                return c
+            }
+        }
+        return nil
+    }
 }
 
 struct BookmarkResponse: Codable, Sendable {
diff --git a/Marks/Views/BookmarkRow.swift b/Marks/Views/BookmarkRow.swift
index 2c595e5..98b3c3b 100644
--- a/Marks/Views/BookmarkRow.swift
+++ b/Marks/Views/BookmarkRow.swift
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ struct BookmarkRow: View {
                 }
             }
 
-            if let summary = bookmark.aiSummary {
-                Text(summary)
+            if let excerpt = rowExcerpt {
+                Text(excerpt.text)
                     .font(.subheadline)
-                    .italic()
+                    .italic(excerpt.isAI)
                     .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
                     .lineLimit(2)
                     .padding(.leading, 44)
@@ -106,6 +106,18 @@ struct BookmarkRow: View {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Excerpt shown under the title: prefer the AI summary (italic), else the
+    /// page's scraped description / user note. nil hides the line entirely.
+    private var rowExcerpt: (text: String, isAI: Bool)? {
+        if let s = bookmark.aiSummary?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines), !s.isEmpty {
+            return (s, true)
+        }
+        if let e = bookmark.contentExcerpt {
+            return (e, false)
+        }
+        return nil
+    }
+
     private var effectiveTags: [String] {
         let base = bookmark.tagNames
         let ai = bookmark.aiTags ?? []