diff --git a/cmd/notes.go b/cmd/notes.go
index f69916e..434437f 100644
--- a/cmd/notes.go
+++ b/cmd/notes.go
@@ -166,13 +166,38 @@ func printConversationMarkdown(note notes.ConversationNote, commit string) {
 	// Conversation excerpt
 	if note.ConversationExcerpt != "" {
 		fmt.Printf("## Conversation Context\n\n")
-		fmt.Printf("%s\n\n", note.ConversationExcerpt)
+		// Clean up and format the conversation excerpt for better readability
+		formatted := formatConversationExcerpt(note.ConversationExcerpt)
+		fmt.Printf("%s\n\n", formatted)
 	}
 
 	fmt.Printf("---\n")
 	fmt.Printf("💡 *Generated by Claude Code hooks system*\n")
 }
 
+// formatConversationExcerpt cleans up the conversation excerpt for better readability
+func formatConversationExcerpt(excerpt string) string {
+	// Replace escaped newlines with actual newlines
+	formatted := strings.ReplaceAll(excerpt, "\\n", "\n")
+
+	// Replace escaped quotes with regular quotes
+	formatted = strings.ReplaceAll(formatted, "\\\"", "\"")
+
+	// Replace escaped backslashes
+	formatted = strings.ReplaceAll(formatted, "\\\\", "\\")
+
+	// Clean up common JSON escape sequences
+	formatted = strings.ReplaceAll(formatted, "\\t", "    ") // tabs to spaces
+	formatted = strings.ReplaceAll(formatted, "\\r", "")     // remove carriage returns
+
+	// Fix any double newlines that might have been created
+	for strings.Contains(formatted, "\n\n\n") {
+		formatted = strings.ReplaceAll(formatted, "\n\n\n", "\n\n")
+	}
+
+	return strings.TrimSpace(formatted)
+}
+
 // getCommitInfo returns formatted commit information
 func getCommitInfo(commit string) string {
 	cmd := exec.Command("git", "log", "--oneline", "-1", commit)