diff --git a/src/cmd/stack/write.rs b/src/cmd/stack/write.rs
index 876c11b..7ec8a79 100644
--- a/src/cmd/stack/write.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/stack/write.rs
@@ -767,13 +767,18 @@ async fn publish_branch(
              The branch was pushed; the knot has nothing on it that {target_branch} does not."
         );
     }
-    if comparison.commits != planned.len() {
+    // Commits against commits. This compared the knot's count to the number
+    // of *members*, which was the same number only while a member was one
+    // commit: a stack of two members holding ten commits tripped it every
+    // time, and said the knot's branch had moved when nothing had.
+    let planned_commits: usize = planned.iter().map(|p| p.commits()).sum();
+    if comparison.commits != planned_commits {
         crate::term::say::warning!(
             Knot,
             "{knot} counts {} commit(s) between {target_branch} and {branch}, and this \
-             stack is {} — the knot's {target_branch} has moved under {remote}/{target_branch}",
+             stack plans {planned_commits} — the knot's {target_branch} has moved under \
+             {remote}/{target_branch}",
             comparison.commits,
-            planned.len()
         );
     }
     if comparison.binary_omitted {