diff --git a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/text.go b/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/text.go
index 2ac3a6235..c4277199f 100644
--- a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/text.go
+++ b/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/text.go
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ package status
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"oras.land/oras/internal/graph"
 	"sync"
 
+	"oras.land/oras/internal/graph"
+
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"oras.land/oras-go/v2"
 	"oras.land/oras-go/v2/content"
@@ -161,12 +162,12 @@ func (ch *TextCopyHandler) PreCopy(_ context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) e
 // PostCopy implements PostCopy of CopyHandler.
 func (ch *TextCopyHandler) PostCopy(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) error {
 	ch.committed.Store(desc.Digest.String(), desc.Annotations[ocispec.AnnotationTitle])
-	successors, err := graph.FilteredSuccessors(ctx, desc, ch.fetcher, DeduplicatedFilter(ch.committed))
+	deduplicated, err := graph.FilteredSuccessors(ctx, desc, ch.fetcher, DeduplicatedFilter(ch.committed))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	for _, successor := range successors {
-		if err = ch.printer.PrintStatus(successor, copyPromptExists); err != nil {
+	for _, successor := range deduplicated {
+		if err = ch.printer.PrintStatus(successor, copyPromptSkipped); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/text_test.go b/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/text_test.go
index 6a1d7c75d..8e68aa76b 100644
--- a/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/text_test.go
+++ b/cmd/oras/internal/display/status/text_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ func TestTextCopyHandler_OnCopySkipped(t *testing.T) {
 	validatePrinted(t, "Exists  0b442c23c1dd oci-image")
 }
 
-func TestTextCopyHandler_PostCopy(t *testing.T) {
+func TestTextCopyHandler_PostCopy_titled(t *testing.T) {
 	builder.Reset()
 	ch := NewTextCopyHandler(printer, mockFetcher.Fetcher)
 	if ch.PostCopy(ctx, mockFetcher.OciImage) != nil {
@@ -80,6 +81,20 @@ func TestTextCopyHandler_PostCopy(t *testing.T) {
 	validatePrinted(t, "Copied  0b442c23c1dd oci-image")
 }
 
+func TestTextCopyHandler_PostCopy_skipped(t *testing.T) {
+	builder.Reset()
+	ch := &TextCopyHandler{
+		printer:   printer,
+		fetcher:   mockFetcher.Fetcher,
+		committed: &sync.Map{},
+	}
+	ch.committed.Store(mockFetcher.ImageLayer.Digest.String(), mockFetcher.ImageLayer.Annotations[ocispec.AnnotationTitle]+"bogus")
+	if err := ch.PostCopy(ctx, mockFetcher.OciImage); err != nil {
+		t.Error("PostCopy() returns unexpected err:", err)
+	}
+	validatePrinted(t, "Skipped f6b87e8e0fe1 layer\nCopied  0b442c23c1dd oci-image")
+}
+
 func TestTextCopyHandler_PreCopy(t *testing.T) {
 	builder.Reset()
 	ch := NewTextCopyHandler(printer, mockFetcher.Fetcher)