diff --git a/handlers.py b/handlers.py
index a5e66d4..35e89dc 100644
--- a/handlers.py
+++ b/handlers.py
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ def handle_add_manual_submit(body):
 
 
 def handle_pages(query=None):
+    msg = query.get("msg", [""])[0] if query else ""
+    msg_html = f'<p class="success">{esc(msg)}</p>' if msg else ""
     page = _paginate(query or {})
     offset = (page - 1) * BROWSE_PER_PAGE
     db = get_db()
@@ -502,6 +504,7 @@ def handle_pages(query=None):
         return_db(db)
     return _respond(
         f"<h1>indexed pages ({total})</h1>"
+        f"{msg_html}"
         f"<ul>{items}</ul>"
         f'{_page_nav(page, total, "/pages", BROWSE_PER_PAGE)}'
         f'<p><a href="/export">export</a> | <a href="/import">import</a></p>'
@@ -512,20 +515,27 @@ def handle_pages(query=None):
 def handle_edit_form(page_id, msg=""):
     db = get_db()
     try:
-        row = db.execute("SELECT id, url, title, note FROM pages WHERE id = ?", (page_id,)).fetchone()
+        row = db.execute("SELECT id, url, title, body, note, summary FROM pages WHERE id = ?", (page_id,)).fetchone()
         if not row:
             return _error(404)
         tags = ", ".join(_get_page_tags(page_id, db))
     finally:
         return_db(db)
+
     return _respond(
         f"<h1>edit page</h1>"
         f"<p><b>{esc(row['title'])}</b><br>"
         f"<small>{esc(row['url'])}</small></p>"
         f'<form method="post" action="/edit/{row["id"]}">'
         f'{_csrf_field()}'
-        f'<input name="note" value="{esc(row["note"])}" placeholder="why did you save this?" size="50"><br><br>'
-        f'<input name="tags" value="{esc(tags)}" placeholder="tags (comma-separated)" size="50"><br><br>'
+        f'<label>Title:</label><br>'
+        f'<input name="title" value="{esc(row["title"])}" size="60"><br><br>'
+        f'<label>Summary (shown in search results):</label><br>'
+        f'<textarea name="summary" rows="3" cols="60">{esc(row["summary"] or "")}</textarea><br><br>'
+        f'<label>Note (why you saved this):</label><br>'
+        f'<input name="note" value="{esc(row["note"])}" size="50"><br><br>'
+        f'<label>Tags (comma-separated):</label><br>'
+        f'<input name="tags" value="{esc(tags)}" size="50"><br><br>'
         f'<button type="submit">save</button>'
         f"</form>"
         f"<p>{msg}</p>"
@@ -534,15 +544,25 @@ def handle_edit_form(page_id, msg=""):
 
 
 def handle_edit_submit(page_id, body):
+    title = body.get("title", [""])[0].strip()
+    summary = body.get("summary", [""])[0].strip()
     note = body.get("note", [""])[0].strip()
     tags = body.get("tags", [""])[0].strip()
+
     db = get_db()
     try:
-        db.execute("UPDATE pages SET note = ? WHERE id = ?", (note, page_id))
+        db.execute(
+            "UPDATE pages SET title = ?, summary = ?, note = ? WHERE id = ?",
+            (title, summary, note, page_id)
+        )
+
         _set_page_tags(page_id, tags, db)
+
         db.commit()
+
     finally:
         return_db(db)
+
     return _redirect("/pages")