3 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/render-msg.js b/lib/render-msg.js
index f351039..89a5f90 100644
--- a/lib/render-msg.js
+++ b/lib/render-msg.js
@@ -188,10 +188,12 @@ RenderMsg.prototype.sync = function (cb) {
 RenderMsg.prototype.recpsLine = function (cb) {
   if (!this.value.private) return cb(), ''
   var author = this.value.author
-  var recpsNotSelf = u.toArray(this.c.recps).filter(function (link) {
+  var recps = u.toArray(this.c.recps)
+  var recpsNotAuthor = recps.filter(function (link) {
     return u.linkDest(link) !== author
   })
-  return this.render.privateLine(recpsNotSelf, cb)
+  var isAuthorRecp = recpsNotAuthor.length < recps.length
+  return this.render.privateLine(recpsNotAuthor, isAuthorRecp, cb)
 }
 
 RenderMsg.prototype.recpsIds = function () {
diff --git a/lib/render.js b/lib/render.js
index a967ee4..0a20b10 100644
--- a/lib/render.js
+++ b/lib/render.js
@@ -307,11 +307,14 @@ Render.prototype.idLink = function (link, cb) {
   return a
 }
 
-Render.prototype.privateLine = function (recps, cb) {
+Render.prototype.privateLine = function (recps, isAuthorRecp, cb) {
   var done = multicb({pluck: 1, spread: true})
   var self = this
   var el = h('div.recps',
     self.lockIcon(),
+    !isAuthorRecp ? [
+      h('span', {title: 'Author is not a recipient'}, '[!]'), ' '
+    ] : '',
     Array.isArray(recps)
       ? recps.map(function (recp) {
         return [' ', self.idLink(recp, done())]
diff --git a/lib/serve.js b/lib/serve.js
index e059f54..2eba468 100644
--- a/lib/serve.js
+++ b/lib/serve.js
@@ -3167,7 +3167,7 @@ Serve.prototype.composer = function (opts, cb) {
       h('input', {type: 'hidden', name: 'blobs',
         value: JSON.stringify(blobs)}),
       h('input', {type: 'hidden', name: 'composer_id', value: opts.id}),
-      opts.recps ? self.app.render.privateLine(opts.recps, done()) :
+      opts.recps ? self.app.render.privateLine(opts.recps, true, done()) :
       opts.private ? h('div', h('input.recps-input', {name: 'recps',
         value: data.recps || '', placeholder: 'recipient ids'})) : '',
       channel != null ?