Index: app/models/article.rb
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--- app/models/article.rb       (revision 1241)
+++ app/models/article.rb       (working copy)
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
       'title'          => title,
       'permalink'      => permalink,
       'url'            => full_permalink,
+      'has_excerpt'    => !excerpt.blank?,
       'body'           => body_for_mode(mode),
       'published_at'   => published_at,
       'comments_count' => comments_count,
Index: lib/mephisto/liquid/filters.rb
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--- lib/mephisto/liquid/filters.rb      (revision 1241)
+++ lib/mephisto/liquid/filters.rb      (working copy)
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@
       end

       def link_to_comments(article)
-        content_tag :a, pluralize(article['comments_count'], 'comment'), :href => article['url']
+        comment_text = pluralize(article['comments_count'], 'comment')
+        link_text = article['has_excerpt'] ?
+          "Read more... (#{comment_text})" :
+          comment_text
+
+        content_tag :a, link_text, :href => article['url']
       end

       def escape_html(html)