diff --git a/packages/client/src/docs.ts b/packages/client/src/docs.ts
index b51b5b5..f405f0e 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/docs.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/docs.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@ export async function sparqlQuery(
   // rows under an identity that should see nothing) can be appended. Skip the
   // rowCount work entirely when the log is off.
   if (accessLogEnabled()) {
-    logAccess("READ", anchor ?? "(no anchor)", label, " → " + rowCount(result) + " rows");
+    // `rows` here are raw RDF triple bindings (the SPARQL `?s ?p ?o` result), NOT
+    // domain objects — one document's entity is spread across several triple rows.
+    // Spell that out so the log isn't mistaken for an object count (the app-level
+    // object/shape count is logged separately by useShapeQuery → dataStats).
+    logAccess("READ", anchor ?? "(no anchor)", label, " → " + rowCount(result) + " triple-rows");
   }
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/test/access-log.test.ts b/packages/client/test/access-log.test.ts
index f64c4f6..2a39bd9 100644
--- a/packages/client/test/access-log.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client/test/access-log.test.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ describe("access-log: ON via configure({ debugAccessLog: true })", () => {
     expect(lines[0]).toMatch(/READ/);
     expect(lines[0]).toMatch(/did:ng:o:q/);
     expect(lines[0]).toMatch(/myLabel/);
-    expect(lines[0]).toMatch(/→ 1 rows/); // row-count from the 1-row fake result
+    expect(lines[0]).toMatch(/→ 1 triple-rows/); // triple-count from the 1-row fake result
   });
 
   it("sparqlUpdate emits a WRITE line with identity, anchor nuri, and label", async () => {