diff --git a/internal/ui/detail.go b/internal/ui/detail.go
index 4c475a4..c2fa201 100644
--- a/internal/ui/detail.go
+++ b/internal/ui/detail.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	coverGapCols = 2 // empty columns between the poster and the text left of it
+	coverGapRows = 1 // empty rows between the poster and the text below it
 	minCoverRows = 6 // a smaller poster is not worth showing
 	minCoverCols = 8
 	minTextRows  = 6 // the poster never takes these rows from the text
@@ -91,7 +93,9 @@ func (d *detailPane) Draw(screen tcell.Screen) {
 
 	narrow, rows := w, 0
 	if d.coverW > 0 {
-		narrow, rows = w-d.coverW-1, d.coverH // one column of space left of the poster
+		// The text keeps clear of the poster: columns to its left, and one more
+		// line is wrapped narrow so nothing sits right under it.
+		narrow, rows = w-d.coverW-coverGapCols, d.coverH+coverGapRows
 	}
 	if !d.laidOut.valid || d.laidOut.width != w || d.laidOut.narrow != narrow || d.laidOut.rows != rows {
 		d.laidOut.width, d.laidOut.narrow, d.laidOut.rows, d.laidOut.valid = w, narrow, rows, true
diff --git a/internal/ui/detail_test.go b/internal/ui/detail_test.go
index ef2de77..12da11f 100644
--- a/internal/ui/detail_test.go
+++ b/internal/ui/detail_test.go
@@ -84,12 +84,14 @@ func TestDetailPaneFlowsAroundPoster(t *testing.T) {
 	if got := rowText(screen, 4, 1, 30); !strings.HasPrefix(got, "plot plot") {
 		t.Errorf("the plot starts beside the poster, right after the head: %q", got)
 	}
-	// Beside the poster the text stays left of it (34 columns), below it it uses the full width.
-	for y := 1; y <= d.coverH; y++ {
-		if got := strings.TrimRight(rowText(screen, y, 1, 35), " "); len([]rune(got)) > 34 {
-			t.Errorf("row %d runs into the poster: %q", y, got)
+	// Beside the poster the text stays left of it with a gap of two columns
+	// (58-23-2 = 33 columns), and the row right under the poster is kept clear too.
+	for y := 1; y <= d.coverH+coverGapRows; y++ {
+		if got := strings.TrimRight(rowText(screen, y, 1, 36), " "); len([]rune(got)) > 33 {
+			t.Errorf("row %d runs into the poster's margin: %q", y, got)
 		}
 	}
+	// Further down it uses the full width.
 	if got := strings.TrimSpace(rowText(screen, d.coverH+3, 1, 59)); len(got) < 50 {
 		t.Errorf("below the poster the text should use the full width: %q", got)
 	}