diff --git a/rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs b/rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs
index 665ce632..9fa6f89f 100644
--- a/rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/crates/rusty-claude-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -7763,15 +7763,20 @@ impl LiveCli {
         match result {
             Ok(summary) => {
                 self.replace_runtime(runtime)?;
+                // The assistant response was already streamed to the terminal live
+                // during the turn (emit_output = true), so reprinting the full text
+                // here would duplicate the entire message. When text was streamed,
+                // emit a newline first so `spinner.finish`'s line-clear lands on a
+                // fresh line instead of erasing the last streamed line.
+                let final_text = final_assistant_text(&summary);
+                if !final_text.is_empty() {
+                    println!();
+                }
                 spinner.finish(
                     "✨ Done",
                     TerminalRenderer::new().color_theme(),
                     &mut stdout,
                 )?;
-                let final_text = final_assistant_text(&summary);
-                if !final_text.is_empty() {
-                    println!("{final_text}");
-                }
                 println!();
                 if let Some(event) = summary.auto_compaction {
                     println!(