diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
index 4e96107e3..8e1054e8c 100644
--- a/cli.py
+++ b/cli.py
@@ -6266,8 +6266,11 @@ class HermesCLI:
                 ).start()
 
 
-            # Combine all interrupt messages (user may have typed multiple while waiting)
-            # and re-queue as one prompt for process_loop
+            # Re-queue the interrupt message (and any that arrived while we were
+            # processing the first) as the next prompt for process_loop.
+            # Only reached when busy_input_mode == "interrupt" (the default).
+            # In "queue" mode Enter routes directly to _pending_input so this
+            # block is never hit.
             if pending_message and hasattr(self, '_pending_input'):
                 all_parts = [pending_message]
                 while not self._interrupt_queue.empty():
@@ -6278,7 +6281,12 @@ class HermesCLI:
                     except queue.Empty:
                         break
                 combined = "\n".join(all_parts)
-                print(f"\n📨 Queued: '{combined[:50]}{'...' if len(combined) > 50 else ''}'")
+                n = len(all_parts)
+                preview = combined[:50] + ("..." if len(combined) > 50 else "")
+                if n > 1:
+                    print(f"\n⚡ Sending {n} messages after interrupt: '{preview}'")
+                else:
+                    print(f"\n⚡ Sending after interrupt: '{preview}'")
                 self._pending_input.put(combined)
             
             return response