diff --git a/capa/capabilities/static.py b/capa/capabilities/static.py
index 8b213fdb..08a243ab 100644
--- a/capa/capabilities/static.py
+++ b/capa/capabilities/static.py
@@ -182,9 +182,16 @@ def find_static_capabilities(
                 )
                 t1 = time.time()
 
-                match_count = sum(len(res) for res in function_matches.values())
-                match_count += sum(len(res) for res in bb_matches.values())
-                match_count += sum(len(res) for res in insn_matches.values())
+                match_count = 0
+                for name, matches in itertools.chain(
+                    function_matches.items(), bb_matches.items(), insn_matches.items()
+                ):
+                    # in practice, most matches are derived rules,
+                    # like "check OS version/5bf4c7f39fd4492cbed0f6dc7d596d49"
+                    # but when we log to the human, they really care about "real" rules.
+                    if not ruleset.rules[name].is_subscope_rule():
+                        match_count += len(matches)
+
                 logger.debug(
                     "analyzed function 0x%x and extracted %d features, %d matches in %0.02fs",
                     f.address,