2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63009e4..d4faa30 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ I chose to fork noice because:
 ### Fork toppings
 
 - Behaviour and navigation
-  - Optional detail view with file type and size (default: disabled)
+  - Detail view with file type, size and number of entries in dir (default: disabled)
   - Case-insensitive alphabetic content listing instead of upper case first
   - Roll over at the first and last entries of a directory (with Up/Down keys)
   - Sort entries by file size (largest to smallest)
diff --git a/noice.c b/noice.c
index 1af0e9a..61af0e0 100644
--- a/noice.c
+++ b/noice.c
@@ -616,6 +616,11 @@ redraw(char *path)
 		for (i = cur - nlines; i < cur + nlines + odd; i++)
 			printptr(&dents[i], i == cur);
 	}
+
+	if (showdetail) {
+		sprintf(cwd, "%d items", ndents);
+		printmsg(cwd);
+	}
 }
 
 void