diff --git a/cmd/lazysecrets/list.go b/cmd/lazysecrets/list.go
index 2b26f46..5a787b9 100644
--- a/cmd/lazysecrets/list.go
+++ b/cmd/lazysecrets/list.go
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ import (
 //
 //	lazysecrets list | fzf --ansi --with-nth='2..-3' --accept-nth=-1
 //
-// Each line is the kind, the name, the account and the link,
-// tab-separated (all but the name one word each, so even fields split on
-// spaces keep them first and last): the name coloured from the theme,
+// Each line is the kind, the name, why it couldn't be read (empty unless
+// it failed), the account and the link, tab-separated: kind, account and
+// link are one word each, so even fields split on spaces keep them first
+// and last two. The name is coloured from the theme,
 // with the provider's icon (as in the TUI: --icons, LAZYSECRETS_ICONS,
 // ui.icons); the link never is.
 //
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ func listCmd(providers []provider.Provider, cachePath string, timeout func(provi
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("list", flag.ContinueOnError)
 	cached := fs.Bool("cached", false, "only what's cached, and repos: load nothing from Azure or Databricks")
 	maxAge := fs.Duration("max-age", 2*time.Minute, "load cached lists older than this again")
-	format := fs.String("format", "text", "text: kind, name, account and link, tab-separated; json: an object per line")
+	format := fs.String("format", "text", "text: kind, name, error, account and link, tab-separated; json: an object per line")
 	color := fs.String("color", "always", "colour the names (text): always or never; fzf needs --ansi")
 	iconsOn := fs.Bool("icons", withIcons, "put the provider's Nerd Font icon before names (text)")
 	kinds := fs.String("kind", "", "only these kinds, comma-separated: "+strings.Join(listing.Kinds, ", ")+" (vault: also scopes and repo files)")
@@ -75,7 +76,9 @@ func listCmd(providers []provider.Provider, cachePath string, timeout func(provi
 	case "text":
 		write = func(e listing.Entry) error {
 			// A tab or line break in a name would break the line up.
-			_, err := fmt.Fprintf(out, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n", e.Kind, oneLine.Replace(nameOf(e, theme, iconSet, *color == "always")), e.Account, e.Link)
+			name := nameOf(e, theme, iconSet, *color == "always")
+			why := errorOf(e, theme, *color == "always")
+			_, err := fmt.Fprintf(out, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n", e.Kind, oneLine.Replace(name), oneLine.Replace(why), e.Account, e.Link)
 			return err
 		}
 	case "json":
@@ -126,9 +129,17 @@ func listCmd(providers []provider.Provider, cachePath string, timeout func(provi
 
 var oneLine = strings.NewReplacer("\t", " ", "\r\n", " ", "\n", " ", "\r", " ")
 
+// errorOf is why a list couldn't be read, or "": with colour, a red ✗
+// before it, as the TUI marks lists it can't read.
+func errorOf(e listing.Entry, theme styles.Styles, color bool) string {
+	if e.Error == "" || !color {
+		return e.Error
+	}
+	return theme.Error.Render("✗ " + e.Error)
+}
+
 // nameOf is an entry's name for the text format: the provider's icon,
-// the path with the item's own name standing out, and the account. A
-// list that couldn't be read has ✗ and why after it.
+// the path with the item's own name standing out, and the account.
 func nameOf(e listing.Entry, theme styles.Styles, iconSet icons.Set, color bool) string {
 	render := func(st lipgloss.Style, s string) string {
 		if !color || s == "" {
@@ -153,8 +164,5 @@ func nameOf(e listing.Entry, theme styles.Styles, iconSet icons.Set, color bool)
 	if e.AccountLabel != "" {
 		name += render(theme.Muted, " · "+e.AccountLabel)
 	}
-	if e.Error != "" {
-		name += "  " + render(theme.Error, "✗ "+e.Error)
-	}
 	return render(theme.Kind(kind), strings.TrimSuffix(icon, " ")) + strings.Repeat(" ", min(len(icon), 1)) + name
 }
diff --git a/cmd/lazysecrets/list_test.go b/cmd/lazysecrets/list_test.go
index 3791044..6694b82 100644
--- a/cmd/lazysecrets/list_test.go
+++ b/cmd/lazysecrets/list_test.go
@@ -26,11 +26,16 @@ func TestListNames(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestListErrorNames(t *testing.T) {
 	e := listing.Entry{Provider: "azure", Path: []string{"platform-prod", "kv-restricted"}, Error: "403 Forbidden"}
-	if got := nameOf(e, styles.Default(), icons.NerdFont, false); got != icons.NerdFont.Azure+" platform-prod / kv-restricted  ✗ 403 Forbidden" {
+	if got := nameOf(e, styles.Default(), icons.NerdFont, false); got != icons.NerdFont.Azure+" platform-prod / kv-restricted" {
+		t.Errorf("the name has more: %q", got)
+	}
+	if got := errorOf(e, styles.Default(), false); got != "403 Forbidden" {
 		t.Errorf("plain: %q", got)
 	}
-	red := styles.Default().Error.Render("✗ 403 Forbidden")
-	if got := nameOf(e, styles.Default(), icons.NerdFont, true); !strings.HasSuffix(got, red) {
-		t.Errorf("why isn't in the error colour: %q", got)
+	if got := errorOf(e, styles.Default(), true); got != styles.Default().Error.Render("✗ 403 Forbidden") {
+		t.Errorf("why isn't a red ✗: %q", got)
+	}
+	if got := errorOf(listing.Entry{}, styles.Default(), true); got != "" {
+		t.Errorf("no error: %q", got)
 	}
 }