diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
index 758ddb28..e1ae8da3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
@@ -290,13 +290,6 @@ export const App = ({
                     {shortenPath(config.getTargetDir(), 70)}
                   </Text>
                 </Box>
-                {geminiMdFileCount > 0 && (
-                  <Box>
-                    <Text color={Colors.SubtleComment}>
-                      Using {geminiMdFileCount} GEMINI.md files
-                    </Text>
-                  </Box>
-                )}
               </Box>
 
               <InputPrompt
@@ -363,10 +356,10 @@ export const App = ({
 
       <Footer
         config={config}
-        queryLength={query.length}
         debugMode={config.getDebugMode()}
         debugMessage={debugMessage}
         cliVersion={cliVersion}
+        geminiMdFileCount={geminiMdFileCount}
       />
       <ConsoleOutput />
     </Box>
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.tsx
index 06721a4b..d3fe7a4a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Footer.tsx
@@ -11,31 +11,31 @@ import { Config } from '@gemini-code/server';
 
 interface FooterProps {
   config: Config;
-  queryLength: number;
   debugMode: boolean;
   debugMessage: string;
   cliVersion: string;
+  geminiMdFileCount: number;
 }
 
 export const Footer: React.FC<FooterProps> = ({
   config,
-  queryLength,
   debugMode,
   debugMessage,
   cliVersion,
+  geminiMdFileCount,
 }) => (
-  <Box marginTop={1} display="flex" justifyContent="space-between" width="100%">
-    {/* Left Section: Help/DebugMode */}
+  <Box>
     <Box>
-      <Text color={Colors.SubtleComment}>
-        {queryLength === 0 ? '? for shortcuts' : ''}
-        {debugMode && (
-          <Text color={Colors.AccentRed}>
-            {' '}
-            {debugMessage || 'Running in debug mode.'}
-          </Text>
-        )}
-      </Text>
+      {geminiMdFileCount > 0 && (
+        <Text color={Colors.SubtleComment}>
+          Using {geminiMdFileCount} GEMINI.md files
+        </Text>
+      )}
+      {debugMode && (
+        <Text color={Colors.AccentRed}>
+          {debugMessage || ' | Running in debug mode.'}
+        </Text>
+      )}
     </Box>
 
     {/* Middle Section: Centered Sandbox Info */}