diff --git a/blink/internal/reporter/reporter.go b/blink/internal/reporter/reporter.go
index 00c093b71a..8dae219ede 100644
--- a/blink/internal/reporter/reporter.go
+++ b/blink/internal/reporter/reporter.go
@@ -56,9 +56,12 @@ func Report(w io.Writer, results []runner.FileResult, isFixer bool) int {
 	return 1
 }
 
-// Footer prints an ECS-style run summary: files scanned, time and memory.
+// Footer prints an ECS-style run summary: files scanned, time and memory,
+// greyed and preceded by a blank line.
 func Footer(w io.Writer, files int, d time.Duration, memBytes uint64) {
-	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, " // %d files · %s · %d MB\n", files, formatElapsed(d), memBytes/(1024*1024))
+	f := newFormatter(w)
+	line := fmt.Sprintf(" // %d files · %s · %d MB", files, formatElapsed(d), memBytes/(1024*1024))
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n%s\n", f.grey(line))
 }
 
 // formatElapsed shows seconds past 5s, milliseconds below.
@@ -197,6 +200,7 @@ func (f formatter) bg(s string, fg, bg int) string {
 }
 
 func (f formatter) comment(s string) string { return f.fg(s, 33) } // yellow
+func (f formatter) grey(s string) string    { return f.fg(s, 37) } // light grey, matches PHP
 func (f formatter) bold(s string) string {
 	if !f.color {
 		return s
diff --git a/src/Console/Command/CheckCommand.php b/src/Console/Command/CheckCommand.php
index 3b04d9a712..c140ad8b19 100644
--- a/src/Console/Command/CheckCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/Command/CheckCommand.php
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ private function printRunFooter(int $filesCount, float $startTime): void
             ? sprintf('%.2f s', $elapsedMilliseconds / 1000)
             : sprintf('%dms', $elapsedMilliseconds);
 
+        $this->easyCodingStandardStyle->newLine();
         $this->easyCodingStandardStyle->writeln(
-            sprintf(' // %d files · %s · %d MB', $filesCount, $elapsedTime, $peakMemoryMegabytes)
+            sprintf('<fg=grey> // %d files · %s · %d MB</>', $filesCount, $elapsedTime, $peakMemoryMegabytes)
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Console/Style/EasyCodingStandardStyle.php b/src/Console/Style/EasyCodingStandardStyle.php
index 2345eb4b3b..edb6c7c0ad 100644
--- a/src/Console/Style/EasyCodingStandardStyle.php
+++ b/src/Console/Style/EasyCodingStandardStyle.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 namespace Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\Console\Style;
 
+use Entropy\Console\Enum\Color;
+use Entropy\Console\Output\OutputColorizer;
 use Entropy\Console\Output\OutputPrinter;
 use Entropy\Console\Output\ProgressBar;
 use Symplify\EasyCodingStandard\SniffRunner\ValueObject\Error\CodingStandardError;
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@
     public function __construct(
         private OutputPrinter $outputPrinter,
         private ProgressBar $progressBar,
+        private OutputColorizer $outputColorizer,
         private bool $isDebug = false,
     ) {
     }
@@ -113,6 +116,13 @@ private function normalizeTags(string $text): string
         $text = (string) preg_replace('#<comment>(.*?)</comment>#su', '<fg=yellow>$1</>', $text);
         $text = (string) preg_replace('#<info>(.*?)</info>#su', '<fg=green>$1</>', $text);
 
+        // grey is not handled by OutputColorizer::colorize(), apply it directly
+        $text = (string) preg_replace_callback(
+            '#<fg=grey>(.*?)</>#su',
+            fn (array $matches): string => $this->outputColorizer->color($matches[1], Color::GREY),
+            $text
+        );
+
         // normalize explicit closing tags (e.g. </fg=green>) to the generic closing tag
         return (string) preg_replace('#</fg=[a-z]+>#', '</>', $text);
     }
diff --git a/src/Console/Style/EasyCodingStandardStyleFactory.php b/src/Console/Style/EasyCodingStandardStyleFactory.php
index a7f04cde25..769c58c4ae 100644
--- a/src/Console/Style/EasyCodingStandardStyleFactory.php
+++ b/src/Console/Style/EasyCodingStandardStyleFactory.php
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@
      */
     public function create(): EasyCodingStandardStyle
     {
-        $outputPrinter = new OutputPrinter(new OutputColorizer());
+        $outputColorizer = new OutputColorizer();
+        $outputPrinter = new OutputPrinter($outputColorizer);
         $progressBar = new ProgressBar();
 
         $isDebug = in_array('--debug', $_SERVER['argv'] ?? [], true);
 
-        return new EasyCodingStandardStyle($outputPrinter, $progressBar, $isDebug);
+        return new EasyCodingStandardStyle($outputPrinter, $progressBar, $outputColorizer, $isDebug);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Console/Style/EasyCodingStandardStyleTest.php b/tests/Console/Style/EasyCodingStandardStyleTest.php
index 0c36f198ac..b9ad31fbd0 100644
--- a/tests/Console/Style/EasyCodingStandardStyleTest.php
+++ b/tests/Console/Style/EasyCodingStandardStyleTest.php
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ final class EasyCodingStandardStyleTest extends TestCase
 
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
+        $outputColorizer = new OutputColorizer();
         $this->easyCodingStandardStyle = new EasyCodingStandardStyle(
-            new OutputPrinter(new OutputColorizer()),
-            new ProgressBar()
+            new OutputPrinter($outputColorizer),
+            new ProgressBar(),
+            $outputColorizer
         );
 
         $this->normalizeTagsReflectionMethod = new ReflectionMethod($this->easyCodingStandardStyle, 'normalizeTags');
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ public static function provideData(): Iterator
 
         yield 'explicit color closing tag is normalized' => ['<fg=red>err</fg=red>', '<fg=red>err</>'];
 
+        yield 'grey tag is applied directly' => ['<fg=grey> // 3 files</>', "\033[37m // 3 files\033[0m"];
+
         yield 'plain text is left untouched' => ['no tags here', 'no tags here'];
     }
 }