diff --git a/docs/tools/forge.md b/docs/tools/forge.md
index 41680e78..3030945e 100644
--- a/docs/tools/forge.md
+++ b/docs/tools/forge.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ hive-forge pr edit 42 --base main           # retarget a stacked PR onto main
 hive-forge pr 42                            # PR metadata as JSON
 hive-forge pr create --title "..." --head my-branch --push    # also `git push forge my-branch`
 hive-forge pr create --title "..." --head my-branch --label area/ops  # repeatable, same as issue create
-hive-forge pr reviews 42                    # list reviews; each inline comment as `[#id path:line] text`, tagged (resolved by X) / (no position)
+hive-forge pr reviews 42                    # list reviews; each inline comment as `[#id path:line] text`, tagged (by X) when its poster is not the reviewer / (resolved by X) / (no position)
 hive-forge pr reviews 42 --only unresolved  # every inline comment nobody has resolved yet
 hive-forge pr timeline 42                  # review rows list their line comments (id, path:line, state) too
 hive-forge pr reviews 42 --approve         # submit APPROVED review
diff --git a/hive-forge/src/verbs/pr_reviews.rs b/hive-forge/src/verbs/pr_reviews.rs
index 84c1b862..07d1219c 100644
--- a/hive-forge/src/verbs/pr_reviews.rs
+++ b/hive-forge/src/verbs/pr_reviews.rs
@@ -167,6 +167,13 @@ fn resolved_by(c: &Value) -> Option<&str> {
         .and_then(Value::as_str)
 }
 
+/// Login of whoever posted the comment, if the forge says.
+fn posted_by(c: &Value) -> Option<&str> {
+    c.get("user")
+        .and_then(|u| u.get("login"))
+        .and_then(Value::as_str)
+}
+
 /// Nobody has resolved the conversation yet. Position plays no part: a
 /// comment without one may be a live finding, and a filter built for a
 /// re-review gate must not hide it.
@@ -175,9 +182,14 @@ fn is_unresolved(c: &Value) -> bool {
 }
 
 /// One inline comment as text: `[#id path:line] body`, continuation lines
-/// indented, `(resolved by X)` / `(no position: ...)` after the body. Shared by
-/// `pr reviews` and `pr timeline`.
-pub(crate) fn render_inline_comment(c: &Value) -> String {
+/// indented, `(by X)` / `(resolved by X)` / `(no position: ...)` after the body.
+/// Shared by `pr reviews` and `pr timeline`.
+///
+/// A reply is stored in the review of the comment it answers, so under
+/// `reviewer`'s heading it can be someone else's: `(by X)` names the poster
+/// when it differs from `reviewer`. `pr timeline` shows who commented on its
+/// own and passes `None`.
+pub(crate) fn render_inline_comment(c: &Value, reviewer: Option<&str>) -> String {
     let id = c.get("id").and_then(Value::as_i64).unwrap_or(0);
     let body = c
         .get("body")
@@ -186,6 +198,11 @@ pub(crate) fn render_inline_comment(c: &Value) -> String {
         .trim()
         .replace('\n', "\n    ");
     let mut out = format!("[#{id} {}] {body}", comment_location(c));
+    if let (Some(poster), Some(reviewer)) = (posted_by(c), reviewer)
+        && poster != reviewer
+    {
+        write!(out, " (by {poster})").ok();
+    }
     if let Some(who) = resolved_by(c) {
         write!(out, " (resolved by {who})").ok();
     }
@@ -232,6 +249,7 @@ fn list_reviews_json(
                         "path": c.get("path"),
                         "line": c.get("position"),
                         "body": c.get("body"),
+                        "user": posted_by(c),
                         "resolved_by": resolved_by(c),
                         "no_position": has_no_position(c),
                     })
@@ -296,7 +314,7 @@ fn list_reviews_text(client: &Client, number: u64, reviews: &[Value], only: Opti
             println!("{body}");
         }
         for c in &inline {
-            println!("  {}", render_inline_comment(c));
+            println!("  {}", render_inline_comment(c, Some(user)));
         }
         println!();
     }
@@ -365,15 +383,15 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn render_shows_id_location_body_and_state_tags() {
         assert_eq!(
-            render_inline_comment(&comment(7, 42, None)),
+            render_inline_comment(&comment(7, 42, None), None),
             "[#7 src/a.rs:42] off by one"
         );
         assert_eq!(
-            render_inline_comment(&comment(7, 42, Some("mara"))),
+            render_inline_comment(&comment(7, 42, Some("mara")), None),
             "[#7 src/a.rs:42] off by one (resolved by mara)"
         );
         assert_eq!(
-            render_inline_comment(&comment(7, 0, None)),
+            render_inline_comment(&comment(7, 0, None), None),
             "[#7 src/a.rs] off by one (no position: outdated or file-level)"
         );
     }
@@ -381,6 +399,30 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn render_indents_continuation_lines() {
         let c = json!({"id": 1, "path": "f.rs", "position": 2, "body": "one\ntwo"});
-        assert_eq!(render_inline_comment(&c), "[#1 f.rs:2] one\n    two");
+        assert_eq!(render_inline_comment(&c, None), "[#1 f.rs:2] one\n    two");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_reply_by_someone_else_names_its_poster_under_the_reviewers_heading() {
+        let mut c = comment(7, 42, None);
+        c["user"] = json!({"login": "damocles"});
+        assert_eq!(
+            render_inline_comment(&c, Some("mara")),
+            "[#7 src/a.rs:42] off by one (by damocles)"
+        );
+        // The reviewer's own comment, a comment with no poster, and a caller
+        // that shows the poster elsewhere get no tag.
+        assert_eq!(
+            render_inline_comment(&c, Some("damocles")),
+            "[#7 src/a.rs:42] off by one"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            render_inline_comment(&comment(7, 42, None), Some("mara")),
+            "[#7 src/a.rs:42] off by one"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            render_inline_comment(&c, None),
+            "[#7 src/a.rs:42] off by one"
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/hive-forge/src/verbs/timeline.rs b/hive-forge/src/verbs/timeline.rs
index ddd2782a..7843f548 100644
--- a/hive-forge/src/verbs/timeline.rs
+++ b/hive-forge/src/verbs/timeline.rs
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ fn format_event(ev: &Value) -> String {
             let inline = ev.get("inline_comments").and_then(Value::as_array);
             for c in inline.into_iter().flatten() {
                 out.push_str("\n  ");
-                out.push_str(&render_inline_comment(c));
+                out.push_str(&render_inline_comment(c, None));
             }
             out
         }
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ fn format_event(ev: &Value) -> String {
         "code" => {
             let body = ev.get("body").and_then(Value::as_str).unwrap_or("");
             match ev.get("inline") {
-                Some(c) => format!("commented on a line\n  {}", render_inline_comment(c)),
+                Some(c) => format!("commented on a line\n  {}", render_inline_comment(c, None)),
                 None => format!("commented on a line: {body}"),
             }
         }