diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
index a700c40..f0fc964 100644
--- a/main.ts
+++ b/main.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ export default class MarkitdownPlugin extends Plugin {
 		markitdownVersion: null,
 	};
 	converter: MarkitdownConverter = new MarkitdownConverter('python', '.');
-	private resolvedPythonPath = 'python';
+	private _resolvedPythonPath = 'python';
+
+	/** The Python path actually used after discovery/fallback resolution. */
+	get resolvedPythonPath(): string {
+		return this._resolvedPythonPath;
+	}
 
 	async onload() {
 		await this.loadSettings();
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ export default class MarkitdownPlugin extends Plugin {
 		const depCheck = await checkDependencies(this.settings.pythonPath, pluginDir);
 		this.dependencyStatus = depCheck.status;
 		// Use the resolved python path (handles python→python3 fallback)
-		this.resolvedPythonPath = depCheck.resolvedPythonPath;
+		this._resolvedPythonPath = depCheck.resolvedPythonPath;
 		this.converter = new MarkitdownConverter(this.resolvedPythonPath, pluginDir);
 
 		// Ribbon icon
@@ -232,7 +237,7 @@ export default class MarkitdownPlugin extends Plugin {
 		const pluginDir = this.getPluginDir();
 		const depCheck = await checkDependencies(this.settings.pythonPath, pluginDir);
 		this.dependencyStatus = depCheck.status;
-		this.resolvedPythonPath = depCheck.resolvedPythonPath;
+		this._resolvedPythonPath = depCheck.resolvedPythonPath;
 		this.converter = new MarkitdownConverter(this.resolvedPythonPath, pluginDir);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/settings/SettingsTab.ts b/src/settings/SettingsTab.ts
index 7cc2a42..05e0ba5 100644
--- a/src/settings/SettingsTab.ts
+++ b/src/settings/SettingsTab.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 					}, 1500);
 				}));
 
+		// Show the resolved Python path when it differs from the configured path
+		const configuredPath = this.plugin.settings.pythonPath || 'python';
+		const resolvedPath = this.plugin.resolvedPythonPath;
+		if (resolvedPath && resolvedPath !== configuredPath) {
+			const hint = containerEl.createDiv('markitdown-resolved-path-hint');
+			hint.setText(`Resolved: ${resolvedPath}`);
+		}
+
 		// ── Conversion ──────────────────────────
 		new Setting(containerEl)
 			.setName('Conversion')
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index 2c297b6..7ed28f6 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ Styles for the Markitdown Obsidian plugin
   color: var(--text-error);
 }
 
+/* Resolved Python path hint */
+.markitdown-resolved-path-hint {
+  font-size: 0.85em;
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  margin-top: -8px;
+  margin-bottom: 12px;
+  padding-left: 2px;
+  font-family: var(--font-monospace);
+}
+
 /* File type checkbox grid */
 .markitdown-checkbox-grid {
   display: grid;