diff --git a/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/format_results.axl b/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/format_results.axl
index 26790802b..2e6461b41 100644
--- a/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/format_results.axl
+++ b/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/format_results.axl
@@ -28,13 +28,17 @@ load(
 )
 load("./repro_commands.axl", "patch_download_cmd")
 load("./result_text.axl", "emoji_for_status")
-load("./text.axl", "pluralize")
 
 # ─── Constants ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 _DETAILS_LIMIT = 65000  # GitHub check-run `output.text` hard limit
 _FILES_LIMIT = 200  # max files listed in the details body before truncating
 
+# Default --scope arg value (mirrors format.axl). The Configuration row
+# suppresses `Scope: <default>` because it adds no signal — only a
+# user-chosen non-default scope is worth surfacing.
+_DEFAULT_SCOPE = "changed"
+
 # ─── Public API ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 def init_data():
@@ -232,17 +236,12 @@ def _config_items(data):
     """Build the Configuration row for the format summary.
 
     Surfaces the run-shape knobs directly above "Last update":
-      - Scope: always shown (`changed` is the default; `all` is the
-        whole-tree variant — the choice meaningfully changes what the
-        formatter touches and the changed-files preamble in the body
-        only signals the changed-scope path, so make the actual scope
-        explicit at-a-glance). When `scope == "changed"` and the task
-        recorded the post-ignore-pattern file count, append it as
-        " — filtered to N changed files" — analogous to lint's
-        "Strategy: hold-the-line — filtered to N changed files".
-        ("changed files" is OK here because the "filtered to" prefix
-        makes it clear these are files in the change set, not files
-        we modified.)
+      - Scope: only shown when the user picked a non-default value
+        (default is `_DEFAULT_SCOPE`); `all` is the whole-tree variant
+        and is worth calling out at-a-glance. The default-scope file
+        count is already surfaced in the body's "All N files in scope
+        are properly formatted" line, so suppressing the default here
+        avoids duplicating that signal.
       - Soft-fail: only shown when True. The default is False and
         showing `Soft-fail: false` on every clean run would be noise;
         the flag's whole purpose is to flag CI-bypass mode, so it
@@ -250,13 +249,11 @@ def _config_items(data):
     """
     items = []
     scope = data["format"].get("scope", "") or ""
-    if scope:
-        value = scope
-        if scope == "changed":
-            count = data.get("changed_files_count", 0) or 0
-            if count > 0:
-                value = "%s — filtered to %s" % (scope, pluralize(count, "changed file"))
-        items.append({"key": "Scope", "value": value})
+    if scope and scope != _DEFAULT_SCOPE:
+        # The default-scope ("changed") count-suffix path is unreachable
+        # here — only `--scope=all` ever reaches this branch — so the
+        # value is the raw scope name.
+        items.append({"key": "Scope", "value": scope})
     if data["format"].get("on_change_resolved") == "warn":
         items.append({"key": "On-change", "value": "warn"})
     return items
diff --git a/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/format_results_test.axl b/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/format_results_test.axl
index 0db4e9083..697e10074 100644
--- a/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/format_results_test.axl
+++ b/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/format_results_test.axl
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Run with:
 
 Scenarios:
   1. clean-passed        — no files need formatting
-  2. files-need-format   — 3 files need formatting (scope=changed)
-  3. scope-all-many      — 15 files need formatting (scope=all)
+  2. files-need-format   — 3 files need formatting (default scope=changed)
+  3. scope-all-many      — 15 files need formatting (non-default scope=all)
   4. on-change-warn      — files need formatting, --on-change=warn; exits 0
   5. formatter-error     — formatter binary crashed
   6. no-git              — no initial commit / not in git repo
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Scenarios:
   8. with-patch-url      — patch artifact uploaded; check run shows download link
   9. non-default-target  — custom formatter target label in repro command
  10. large               — 250 files to exercise the trim cascade
+
+The Scope Configuration row only renders for non-default scope —
+scenario 3 (scope=all) and 10 (scope=all). All other scenarios use
+the default scope=changed and omit the row.
 """
 
 load("./format_results.axl", "init_data", "render_check_output")
@@ -68,7 +72,9 @@ def _make_files_need_format():
 
     # changed_files_count is the input set the formatter saw (post-ignore-pattern);
     # affected_files is the post-format diff (what the formatter rewrote).
-    # Both populated to exercise the Scope-with-count Configuration row.
+    # Default scope (`changed`) — the Scope Configuration row is
+    # suppressed; changed_files_count surfaces in the body's
+    # "All N files in scope are properly formatted" line.
     r["changed_files_count"] = 42
     r["format"]["affected_files"] = [
         "apps/web/src/auth/login.ts",
diff --git a/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/gazelle_results.axl b/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/gazelle_results.axl
index 5b2335588..2a3b4c87a 100644
--- a/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/gazelle_results.axl
+++ b/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/gazelle_results.axl
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ load("./text.axl", "pluralize")
 _DETAILS_LIMIT = 65000
 _FILES_LIMIT = 200
 
+# Default --scope arg value (mirrors gazelle.axl). The Configuration row
+# suppresses `Scope: <default>` because it adds no signal — only a
+# user-chosen non-default scope is worth surfacing.
+_DEFAULT_SCOPE = "all"
+
 # ─── Public API ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 def init_data():
@@ -290,10 +295,11 @@ def _config_items(data):
     """Build the Configuration row for the gazelle summary.
 
     Surfaces the run-shape knobs directly above "Last update":
-      - Scope: always shown. When `scope == "changed"` and the task
-        recorded a non-zero post-intersection effective-dir count,
-        append it as ` — N changed dirs` so reviewers can tell at a
-        glance how many subtrees gazelle was asked to update.
+      - Scope: only shown when the user picked a non-default value
+        (default is `_DEFAULT_SCOPE`). When `scope == "changed"` and
+        the task recorded a non-zero post-intersection effective-dir
+        count, append it as ` — N changed dirs` so reviewers can tell
+        at a glance how many subtrees gazelle was asked to update.
       - Soft-fail: only shown when True. Default is False; rendering
         `Soft-fail: false` on every clean run would be noise.
       - Scope-all-on-change: only when `scope == "changed"` and the
@@ -308,7 +314,7 @@ def _config_items(data):
     items = []
     g = data["gazelle"]
     scope = g.get("scope", "") or ""
-    if scope:
+    if scope and scope != _DEFAULT_SCOPE:
         value = scope
         if scope == "changed":
             dirs_count = len(g.get("dirs", []) or [])
diff --git a/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/gazelle_results_test.axl b/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/gazelle_results_test.axl
index 7a85345a4..0d63690b4 100644
--- a/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/gazelle_results_test.axl
+++ b/crates/aspect-cli/src/builtins/aspect/lib/gazelle_results_test.axl
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ Scenarios:
  10. in-progress         — task still running (initial state)
  11. metadata-all        — GitHubStatusChecksTrait.metadata_keys = ["*"]
  12. early-fail          — early-bail before gazelle ran
- 13. scope=changed       — Configuration row with Scope + default escalation list
- 14. scope=changed full  — all four Config rows fire (Scope, On-change, escalate, pattern)
- 15. scope=changed empty — no-op short-circuit, dirs=[]
+ 13. scope=changed       — non-default scope: Scope row + default escalation list
+ 14. scope=changed full  — non-default scope: all four Config rows fire
+ 15. scope=changed empty — non-default scope, no-op short-circuit, dirs=[]
+
+(Scenarios 1-12 use the default scope=all and therefore omit the
+Scope Configuration row entirely — that's the default-suppression
+path. 13-15 exercise the non-default rendered path.)
 """
 
 load("./gazelle_results.axl", "init_data", "render_check_output")
@@ -231,8 +235,10 @@ def _test_impl(ctx):
         # entrypoint resolution failed). Title and body must say "Failed",
         # NOT "Passed" / "All BUILD files are up to date."
         ("12. early-fail · GH", _make_early_fail(), "failed", "github", None),
-        # Scope=changed configs: surface Scope row + Scope-all-on-change
-        # + (when set) Changed-file-pattern + Soft-fail.
+        # Non-default --scope=changed: surfaces the Scope Configuration
+        # row + Scope-all-on-change + (when set) Changed-file-pattern.
+        # (All earlier scenarios use the default scope=all and therefore
+        # omit the Scope row — that's the default-suppression path.)
         ("13. scope=changed default · GH", _make_scope_changed(), "failed", "github", None),
         ("14. scope=changed full config · GH", _make_scope_changed_with_filter(), "failed", "github", None),
         ("15. scope=changed empty no-op · GH", _make_scope_changed_empty(), "passed", "github", None),