diff --git a/src/presentation/audit.ts b/src/presentation/audit.ts
index 2670b769..add3a738 100644
--- a/src/presentation/audit.ts
+++ b/src/presentation/audit.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ import { kindIcon } from '../domain/queries.js';
 import { auditData } from '../features/audit.js';
 import { outputResult } from '../infrastructure/result-formatter.js';
 import type { AuditFunctionEntry, AuditResult, CodegraphConfig } from '../types.js';
+import {
+  renderCallRefsSection,
+  renderNoCallEdgesFallback,
+  renderRelatedTestsSection,
+} from './call-ref-sections.js';
 import { renderImpactLevels } from './impact-levels.js';
 
 interface AuditOpts {
@@ -17,9 +22,6 @@ interface AuditOpts {
   config?: CodegraphConfig;
 }
 
-/** A caller/callee reference as rendered under the "Calls"/"Called by" sections. */
-type CallRef = AuditFunctionEntry['callees'][number];
-
 /** Render health metrics for a single audit function. */
 function renderHealthMetrics(fn: AuditFunctionEntry): void {
   if (fn.health.cognitive == null) return;
@@ -66,38 +68,21 @@ function renderThresholdBreaches(fn: AuditFunctionEntry): void {
 /** Render the transitive-dependent impact summary, one block per BFS level. */
 function renderImpactSection(fn: AuditFunctionEntry): void {
   console.log(`\n  Impact: ${fn.impact.totalDependents} transitive dependent(s)`);
-  // No "0 found" message here -- the count above already conveys it, matching this
-  // file's other sections (e.g. renderCallRefs), which print nothing when empty.
+  // No "0 found" message here -- the count above already conveys it, matching the
+  // shared call-ref-sections helpers below, which print nothing when empty.
   renderImpactLevels(fn.impact.levels, { emptyMessage: null });
 }
 
-/** Render a labeled list of call references (used for both "Calls" and "Called by"). */
-function renderCallRefs(label: string, refs: CallRef[]): void {
-  if (refs.length === 0) return;
-  console.log(`\n  ${label} (${refs.length}):`);
-  for (const c of refs) {
-    console.log(`    ${kindIcon(c.kind)} ${c.name}  ${c.file}:${c.line}`);
-  }
-}
-
-/** Render the related-test-file list for an audited function. */
-function renderRelatedTests(fn: AuditFunctionEntry): void {
-  if (fn.relatedTests.length === 0) return;
-  console.log(`\n  Tests (${fn.relatedTests.length}):`);
-  for (const t of fn.relatedTests) {
-    console.log(`    ${t.file}`);
-  }
-}
-
 /** Render a single audited function with all its sections. */
 function renderAuditFunction(fn: AuditFunctionEntry): void {
   renderFunctionHeader(fn);
   renderHealthMetrics(fn);
   renderThresholdBreaches(fn);
   renderImpactSection(fn);
-  renderCallRefs('Calls', fn.callees);
-  renderCallRefs('Called by', fn.callers);
-  renderRelatedTests(fn);
+  renderCallRefsSection('Calls', fn.callees);
+  renderCallRefsSection('Called by', fn.callers);
+  renderRelatedTestsSection(fn.relatedTests);
+  renderNoCallEdgesFallback(fn.callees.length, fn.callers.length);
 
   console.log();
 }
diff --git a/src/presentation/call-ref-sections.ts b/src/presentation/call-ref-sections.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..328df243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/presentation/call-ref-sections.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/**
+ * Shared renderers for the "Calls" / "Called by" / "Tests" sections rendered by
+ * both `codegraph audit` (presentation/audit.js) and `codegraph explain`/`codegraph query`
+ * (presentation/queries-cli/inspect.js — `audit --quick` is an alias for `explain`).
+ *
+ * Both commands render these sections from the same underlying shape and must stay
+ * visually identical — this module is the single source of truth for that format.
+ */
+
+import { kindIcon } from '../domain/queries.js';
+
+/** A single call reference rendered under the "Calls"/"Called by" sections. */
+export interface CallRefLike {
+  name: string;
+  kind: string;
+  file: string;
+  line: number;
+}
+
+/** A single related-test-file reference rendered under the "Tests" section. */
+export interface RelatedTestRefLike {
+  file: string;
+}
+
+export interface RenderCallRefsSectionOpts {
+  /**
+   * Indent prefix applied to every printed line. Used by `explain`'s recursive
+   * dependency rendering; top-level callers (e.g. `codegraph audit`) omit this
+   * and get the sensible default of no indent.
+   * Default: ''.
+   */
+  indent?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Render a single labeled call-reference list — used for both the "Calls" and
+ * "Called by" sections (same shape, different label):
+ *
+ *   {indent}  Calls (2):
+ *   {indent}    f parse  src/p.ts:1
+ *   {indent}    m Parser.run  src/p.ts:20
+ *
+ * Prints nothing when `refs` is empty (see `renderNoCallEdgesFallback` for the
+ * combined "no edges at all" message).
+ */
+export function renderCallRefsSection(
+  label: string,
+  refs: CallRefLike[],
+  opts: RenderCallRefsSectionOpts = {},
+): void {
+  if (refs.length === 0) return;
+  const { indent = '' } = opts;
+  console.log(`\n${indent}  ${label} (${refs.length}):`);
+  for (const c of refs) {
+    console.log(`${indent}    ${kindIcon(c.kind)} ${c.name}  ${c.file}:${c.line}`);
+  }
+}
+
+export interface RenderNoCallEdgesFallbackOpts {
+  /** Indent prefix applied to the printed line. Default: ''. */
+  indent?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Print the "no call edges" fallback line when a function has neither callers
+ * nor callees. Call this once, after rendering both the "Calls" and "Called by"
+ * sections (which print nothing individually when empty) — it no-ops unless
+ * both counts are zero.
+ */
+export function renderNoCallEdgesFallback(
+  calleeCount: number,
+  callerCount: number,
+  opts: RenderNoCallEdgesFallbackOpts = {},
+): void {
+  if (calleeCount > 0 || callerCount > 0) return;
+  const { indent = '' } = opts;
+  console.log(`${indent}  (no call edges found -- may be invoked dynamically or via re-exports)`);
+}
+
+export interface RenderRelatedTestsSectionOpts {
+  /** Indent prefix applied to every printed line. Default: ''. */
+  indent?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Render the related-test-file list for an audited/explained function, with a
+ * singular/plural "file"/"files" label:
+ *
+ *   {indent}  Tests (1 file):
+ *   {indent}    tests/parse.test.ts
+ */
+export function renderRelatedTestsSection(
+  tests: RelatedTestRefLike[],
+  opts: RenderRelatedTestsSectionOpts = {},
+): void {
+  if (tests.length === 0) return;
+  const { indent = '' } = opts;
+  const label = tests.length === 1 ? 'file' : 'files';
+  console.log(`\n${indent}  Tests (${tests.length} ${label}):`);
+  for (const t of tests) {
+    console.log(`${indent}    ${t.file}`);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/presentation/queries-cli/inspect.ts b/src/presentation/queries-cli/inspect.ts
index e900289d..39fe7c36 100644
--- a/src/presentation/queries-cli/inspect.ts
+++ b/src/presentation/queries-cli/inspect.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import {
   whereData,
 } from '../../domain/queries.js';
 import { outputResult } from '../../infrastructure/result-formatter.js';
+import {
+  renderCallRefsSection,
+  renderNoCallEdgesFallback,
+  renderRelatedTestsSection,
+} from '../call-ref-sections.js';
 
 interface SymbolRef {
   kind: string;
@@ -477,31 +482,10 @@ function renderExplainComplexity(
 }
 
 function renderExplainEdges(r: FunctionExplainResult, indent: string): void {
-  if (r.callees.length > 0) {
-    console.log(`\n${indent}  Calls (${r.callees.length}):`);
-    for (const c of r.callees) {
-      console.log(`${indent}    ${kindIcon(c.kind)} ${c.name}  ${c.file}:${c.line}`);
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (r.callers.length > 0) {
-    console.log(`\n${indent}  Called by (${r.callers.length}):`);
-    for (const c of r.callers) {
-      console.log(`${indent}    ${kindIcon(c.kind)} ${c.name}  ${c.file}:${c.line}`);
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (r.relatedTests.length > 0) {
-    const label = r.relatedTests.length === 1 ? 'file' : 'files';
-    console.log(`\n${indent}  Tests (${r.relatedTests.length} ${label}):`);
-    for (const t of r.relatedTests) {
-      console.log(`${indent}    ${t.file}`);
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (r.callees.length === 0 && r.callers.length === 0) {
-    console.log(`${indent}  (no call edges found -- may be invoked dynamically or via re-exports)`);
-  }
+  renderCallRefsSection('Calls', r.callees, { indent });
+  renderCallRefsSection('Called by', r.callers, { indent });
+  renderRelatedTestsSection(r.relatedTests, { indent });
+  renderNoCallEdgesFallback(r.callees.length, r.callers.length, { indent });
 }
 
 function renderFunctionExplain(r: FunctionExplainResult, indent = ''): void {