diff --git a/src/main/java/com/darkcollective/relix/cli/render/ScriptFormatter.java b/src/main/java/com/darkcollective/relix/cli/render/ScriptFormatter.java
index 583559c..989cc74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/darkcollective/relix/cli/render/ScriptFormatter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/darkcollective/relix/cli/render/ScriptFormatter.java
@@ -80,8 +80,23 @@ static String align(String printed) {
             return String.join("\n", lines);
         }
 
+        /** Whether a line is a table row: cells between pipes, perhaps a {@code --} comment after. */
         private static boolean isRow(String line) {
-            return line.length() >= 2 && line.startsWith("|") && line.endsWith("|");
+            String cells = cellsOf(line);
+            return cells.length() >= 2 && cells.startsWith("|") && cells.endsWith("|");
+        }
+
+        /** A row without the {@code --} comment after its last pipe, as the parser reads it. */
+        private static String cellsOf(String line) {
+            int last = line.lastIndexOf('|');
+            return last >= 0 && line.substring(last + 1).strip().startsWith("--")
+                    ? line.substring(0, last + 1)
+                    : line;
+        }
+
+        /** The {@code --} comment after a row's last pipe, or {@code ""}. */
+        private static String commentOf(String line) {
+            return line.substring(cellsOf(line).length()).strip();
         }
 
         private static void align(List<String> rows) {
@@ -89,7 +104,7 @@ private static void align(List<String> rows) {
             List<Boolean> rules = new ArrayList<>();
             List<Integer> widths = new ArrayList<>();
             for (String row : rows) {
-                List<String> split = cells(row);
+                List<String> split = cells(cellsOf(row));
                 boolean rule = split.stream().allMatch(Tables::isRule);
                 cells.add(split);
                 rules.add(rule);
@@ -113,6 +128,10 @@ private static void align(List<String> rows) {
                         line.append(' ').append(cell).append(" ".repeat(widths.get(c) - width(cell))).append(" |");
                     }
                 }
+                String comment = commentOf(rows.get(r));
+                if (!comment.isEmpty()) {
+                    line.append("  ").append(comment);
+                }
                 rows.set(r, line.toString());
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/darkcollective/relix/cli/command/FmtTest.java b/src/test/java/com/darkcollective/relix/cli/command/FmtTest.java
index ac7f1f9..281e423 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/darkcollective/relix/cli/command/FmtTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/darkcollective/relix/cli/command/FmtTest.java
@@ -172,6 +172,30 @@ void canonical() {
                     """);
         }
 
+        @Test
+        @DisplayName("keeps a comment at the end of a table's row on that row, its columns aligned")
+        void rowComment() {
+            String text = """
+                    Goals := [
+                    | id | minute |
+                    |----|--------|
+                    | 1 | 12 |  -- the first
+                    | 22 | 5 |
+                    | 3 | 105 |  -- and the third
+                    ];
+                    """;
+
+            assertThat(fmt(text)).isEqualTo("""
+                    Goals := [
+                    | id  | minute |
+                    |-----|--------|
+                    | 1   | 12     |  -- the first
+                    | 22  | 5      |
+                    | 3   | 105    |  -- and the third
+                    ];
+                    """);
+        }
+
         @Test
         @Disabled("the engine's ScriptPrinter drops a blank line between a comment and the "
                 + "statement or namespace after it (DarkCollective/relix-core#99 follow-up)")