diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6501e0..f221bf4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,12 +92,12 @@ profile: arch=x86_64, compiler=gcc, compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11, compiler.versio
 
 Dependencies (4) and binary availability
 
-package     kind          ctx   Release  Debug  RelWithDebInfo
---------------------------------------------------------------
-MyDepA/1.0  direct        host  knor     knor   knor
-MyDepB/1.0  direct        host  knor     knor   knor
-boost/1.8   indirect (2)  host  knor     knor   knor
-Zigma/1.0   indirect (2)  host  knor     knor   MISSING
+package     kind      level  ctx   Release  Debug  RelWithDebInfo
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+MyDepA/1.0  direct    1      host  knor     knor   knor
+MyDepB/1.0  direct    1      host  knor     knor   knor
+boost/1.8   indirect  2      host  knor     knor   knor
+Zigma/1.0   indirect  2      host  knor     knor   MISSING
 
 Missing binaries (1)
 
@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ produces colour codes unless you pass `--color always`. The HTML report uses
 the same colour coding.
 
 Reading the table: rows are sorted with direct dependencies first
-(alphabetically), then indirect ones by increasing level of indirection –
-`indirect (2)` is required by a direct dependency, `indirect (3)` by one of
-those, and so on (shortest path counts).
+(alphabetically), then indirect ones by increasing level of indirection. The
+`level` column is the number of hops from your conanfile: 1 is direct, 2 is
+required by a direct dependency, 3 by one of those, and so on (shortest path
+counts). The HTML report has the same column.
 
 
 * `knor` (a remote name) – the remote has a binary for the package_id your
diff --git a/conandeps.py b/conandeps.py
index e53352d..3de775d 100755
--- a/conandeps.py
+++ b/conandeps.py
@@ -521,8 +521,7 @@ def _override_kind(o: Override) -> str:
 
 
 def _kind(dep: Dep) -> str:
-    """'direct', or 'indirect (N)' where N is the number of hops from the consumer."""
-    return "direct" if dep.direct else "indirect (%d)" % dep.depth
+    return "direct" if dep.direct else "indirect"
 
 
 def render_text(report: Report, color: bool = False) -> str:
@@ -538,11 +537,11 @@ def render_text(report: Report, color: bool = False) -> str:
     w(pal.bold("Dependencies (%d) and binary availability" % len(report.deps)))
     w("")
     rows = [
-        [dep.ref, _kind(dep), dep.context]
+        [dep.ref, _kind(dep), str(dep.depth), dep.context]
         + [_cell(*dep.binaries[bt], pal) for bt in report.build_types]
         for dep in report.deps.values()
     ]
-    out.extend(_table(["package", "kind", "ctx"] + list(report.build_types), rows, pal))
+    out.extend(_table(["package", "kind", "level", "ctx"] + list(report.build_types), rows, pal))
     w("")
 
     # ---- missing binaries ------------------------------------------------
@@ -641,14 +640,14 @@ def render_html(report: Report) -> str:
     w("<h2>Dependencies (%d) and binary availability</h2>" % len(report.deps))
     rows = []
     for dep in report.deps.values():
-        row = [e(dep.ref), e(_kind(dep)), e(dep.context)]
+        row = [e(dep.ref), e(_kind(dep)), str(dep.depth), e(dep.context)]
         for bt in report.build_types:
             status, pid, remote = dep.binaries[bt]
             cls = {"Remote": "ok", "Missing": "missing", "CacheOnly": "cacheonly"}.get(status, "na")
             text = e(_cell(status, pid, remote, _Palette(False)))
             row.append('<span class="%s" title="package_id %s">%s</span>' % (cls, e(pid), text))
         rows.append(row)
-    w(_html_table(["package", "kind", "context"] + list(report.build_types), rows))
+    w(_html_table(["package", "kind", "level", "context"] + list(report.build_types), rows))
 
     # ---- missing binaries ------------------------------------------------
     problems = report.problems()
diff --git a/tests/test_conandeps.py b/tests/test_conandeps.py
index 5e93efc..36d846b 100644
--- a/tests/test_conandeps.py
+++ b/tests/test_conandeps.py
@@ -243,8 +243,11 @@ def test_sorted_by_level_of_indirection(report):
         ("libdeep/1.0", 3),
     ]
     text = conandeps.render_text(report)
-    assert re.search(r"libbar/1\.1\s+indirect \(2\)", text)
-    assert re.search(r"libdeep/1\.0\s+indirect \(3\)", text)
+    assert re.search(r"libbar/1\.1\s+indirect\s+2\s+host", text)
+    assert re.search(r"libdeep/1\.0\s+indirect\s+3\s+host", text)
+    page = conandeps.render_html(report)
+    assert "<th>level</th>" in page
+    assert "<td>libdeep/1.0</td><td>indirect</td><td>3</td><td>host</td>" in page
 
 
 def test_missing_binaries(report):