diff --git a/dispatcher.go b/dispatcher.go
index 6c18e33..121fd8a 100644
--- a/dispatcher.go
+++ b/dispatcher.go
@@ -6,8 +6,34 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
+
+	"golang.org/x/term"
 )
 
+var stdoutIsTerminal = sync.OnceValue(func() bool {
+	return term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd()))
+})
+
+// faint returns the string wrapped in ANSI faint styling if stdout is a TTY
+// and the NO_COLOR environment variable is not set.
+func faint(s string) string {
+	if os.Getenv("NO_COLOR") != "" {
+		return s
+	}
+	if !stdoutIsTerminal() {
+		return s
+	}
+	return "\033[2m" + s + "\033[0m"
+}
+
+func subCommandsLabel(n int) string {
+	if n == 1 {
+		return "(1 sub-command)"
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("(%d sub-commands)", n)
+}
+
 // Command is an interface for executable commands
 type Command interface {
 	// FlagSet returns the flagset for this command
@@ -443,10 +469,16 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) showHelp() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Print commands with usage
 	for _, child := range children {
+		grandchildren := d.getDirectChildren(child.Path)
+		suffix := ""
+		if len(grandchildren) > 0 {
+			suffix = " " + faint(subCommandsLabel(len(grandchildren)))
+		}
 		if child.Usage != "" {
-			fmt.Printf("  %-*s  %s\n", maxLen+2, child.Name, child.Usage)
+			fmt.Printf("  %-*s  %s%s\n", maxLen+2, child.Name, child.Usage, suffix)
+		} else if suffix != "" {
+			fmt.Printf("  %-*s %s\n", maxLen+2, child.Name, suffix)
 		} else {
 			fmt.Printf("  %s\n", child.Name)
 		}
@@ -568,8 +600,15 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) showCommandHelp(entry *CommandEntry) error {
 
 		// Print sub-commands with usage
 		for _, child := range children {
+			grandchildren := d.getDirectChildren(child.Path)
+			suffix := ""
+			if len(grandchildren) > 0 {
+				suffix = " " + faint(subCommandsLabel(len(grandchildren)))
+			}
 			if child.Usage != "" {
-				fmt.Printf("  %-*s  %s\n", maxLen+2, child.Name, child.Usage)
+				fmt.Printf("  %-*s  %s%s\n", maxLen+2, child.Name, child.Usage, suffix)
+			} else if suffix != "" {
+				fmt.Printf("  %-*s %s\n", maxLen+2, child.Name, suffix)
 			} else {
 				fmt.Printf("  %s\n", child.Name)
 			}
@@ -704,8 +743,15 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) showNamespaceHelp(namespacePath string) error {
 		}
 
 		for _, child := range children {
+			grandchildren := d.getDirectChildren(child.Path)
+			suffix := ""
+			if len(grandchildren) > 0 {
+				suffix = " " + faint(subCommandsLabel(len(grandchildren)))
+			}
 			if child.Usage != "" {
-				fmt.Printf("  %-*s  %s\n", maxLen+2, child.Name, child.Usage)
+				fmt.Printf("  %-*s  %s%s\n", maxLen+2, child.Name, child.Usage, suffix)
+			} else if suffix != "" {
+				fmt.Printf("  %-*s %s\n", maxLen+2, child.Name, suffix)
 			} else {
 				fmt.Printf("  %s\n", child.Name)
 			}
diff --git a/dispatcher_test.go b/dispatcher_test.go
index 43f7a92..807a18c 100644
--- a/dispatcher_test.go
+++ b/dispatcher_test.go
@@ -963,6 +963,8 @@ func TestDispatcherSubCommandHelp(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, output, "Update remote refs")
 	// Should not show nested sub-command "remote add", only direct children
 	assert.NotContains(t, output, "remote add")
+	// "remote" is a namespace with 1 sub-command, should show the count
+	assert.Contains(t, output, "(1 sub-command)")
 }
 
 func TestDispatcherNamespaceDiscovery(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1000,6 +1002,7 @@ func TestDispatcherNamespaceDiscovery(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Contains(t, output, "Available commands:")
 		assert.Contains(t, output, "build")
 		assert.Contains(t, output, "config")
+		assert.Contains(t, output, "(2 sub-commands)")
 		// Should NOT show the full subcommand paths at the top level
 		assert.NotContains(t, output, "config get")
 		assert.NotContains(t, output, "config set")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 79ce28b..6835cea 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.40.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cc8b3f4..a19b998 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0 h1:Ivj+2Cp/ylzLiEU89QhWblYnOE9zerudt9Ftecq2C6k=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
+golang.org/x/term v0.40.0 h1:36e4zGLqU4yhjlmxEaagx2KuYbJq3EwY8K943ZsHcvg=
+golang.org/x/term v0.40.0/go.mod h1:w2P8uVp06p2iyKKuvXIm7N/y0UCRt3UfJTfZ7oOpglM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=