diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb2ec56..fd9be8c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ All notable changes to vouch are documented here. Format follows
 - console Dashboard view: 12-month activity calendar, last-30-days bars,
   hour-of-week heatmap, top actors and event mix, driven by `kb.activity`.
 
+### Fixed
+- `vouch digest --limit` now caps the followups-due section like the
+  pending, decisions, and stale sections — it previously returned every
+  due followup regardless of the limit, contradicting the `--limit` help.
+
 ## [1.2.2] — 2026-07-07
 
 ### Packaging
diff --git a/src/vouch/digest.py b/src/vouch/digest.py
index e5c279a..d7bae66 100644
--- a/src/vouch/digest.py
+++ b/src/vouch/digest.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def build(
             if str(p.metadata.get("followup_status", "")) not in _CLOSED_FOLLOWUP_STATUSES
         ),
         key=lambda r: r.due_at,
-    )
+    )[:limit]
 
     m = compute(store, since=since, stale_after_days=stale_after_days, now=now)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_digest.py b/tests/test_digest.py
index f5cc70d..4d3eae4 100644
--- a/tests/test_digest.py
+++ b/tests/test_digest.py
@@ -146,6 +146,24 @@ def test_build_limit_caps_sections(store: KBStore) -> None:
     assert len(d.decisions) <= 1
 
 
+def test_build_limit_caps_followups(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    # --limit documents that it caps every section including followups; seed
+    # more due-open followups than the limit and confirm the list is bounded
+    # like pending/decisions/stale rather than returned whole.
+    s = KBStore.init(tmp_path)
+    for i in range(5):
+        due = (NOW - timedelta(days=i + 1)).date().isoformat()
+        s.put_page(
+            Page(
+                id=f"fu-{i}", title=f"followup {i}", type="followup",
+                status=PageStatus.ACTIVE,
+                metadata={"due_at": due, "followup_status": "open"},
+            )
+        )
+    d = digest_mod.build(s, limit=3, now=NOW)
+    assert len(d.followups_due) == 3
+
+
 def test_digest_is_read_only(store: KBStore) -> None:
     audit_before = (store.kb_dir / "audit.log.jsonl").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     files_before = sorted(p.name for p in (store.kb_dir / "proposed").glob("*"))