diff --git a/internal/tui/components/chat/messages/renderer.go b/internal/tui/components/chat/messages/renderer.go
index 5762583870e99591ded1bff84f80c34b3335b190..c5cc2bc8f8bf4754c459ace83a8ec4c9cf4c94a6 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/chat/messages/renderer.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/chat/messages/renderer.go
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ func earlyState(header string, v *toolCallCmp) (string, bool) {
 	case v.result.IsError:
 		message = v.renderToolError()
 	case v.cancelled:
-		message = t.S().Base.Padding(0, 1).Background(t.Border).Render("Cancelled")
+		message = t.S().Base.Foreground(t.FgSubtle).Render("Canceled.")
 	case v.result.ToolCallID == "":
 		message = t.S().Base.Foreground(t.FgSubtle).Render("Waiting for tool to start...")
 	default: