diff --git a/crates/io/src/svg_read.rs b/crates/io/src/svg_read.rs
index 419c7039..f5abc84d 100644
--- a/crates/io/src/svg_read.rs
+++ b/crates/io/src/svg_read.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 //! Not read (each is a follow-up): CSS class rules (`<style>`), `use` references, fills,
 //! gradients and hatch patterns, text, embedded raster images, rounded rectangle corners
 //! (`rx`/`ry`), and elliptical arcs under non-uniform transforms (those are flattened into
-//! line segments instead of losing the shape).
+//! line segments instead of losing the shape). What the drawing shows of those (all but fills,
+//! gradients and patterns) is named in a read note, so it is never left out silently.
 
-use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashSet};
 
 use cadcraft_color::Color;
 use cadcraft_doc::*;
@@ -127,6 +128,40 @@ struct Parser {
     elements: usize,
     /// > 0 while inside a skipped subtree; counts the starts seen there.
     skip: usize,
+    /// What was left out, by kind ([`LeftOut`]).
+    left_out: BTreeMap<LeftOut, usize>,
+}
+
+/// Drawn content the reader leaves out, named in the drawing's read note.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+enum LeftOut {
+    Text,
+    Image,
+    Use,
+    Style,
+    RoundedCorners,
+}
+
+impl LeftOut {
+    /// The kind of a skipped element ([`SKIP`]) that the drawing shows.
+    fn of(name: &[u8]) -> Option<Self> {
+        match name {
+            b"text" => Some(Self::Text),
+            b"image" => Some(Self::Image),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn describe(self, n: usize) -> String {
+        let (one, many) = match self {
+            Self::Text => ("text", "texts"),
+            Self::Image => ("raster image", "raster images"),
+            Self::Use => ("`<use>` copy", "`<use>` copies"),
+            Self::Style => ("`<style>` sheet (its class rules aren't applied)", "`<style>` sheets (their class rules aren't applied)"),
+            Self::RoundedCorners => ("rectangle with rounded corners (drawn square)", "rectangles with rounded corners (drawn square)"),
+        };
+        format!("{n} {}", if n == 1 { one } else { many })
+    }
 }
 
 impl Parser {
@@ -139,9 +174,23 @@ impl Parser {
             layer_color: 1,
             elements: 0,
             skip: 0,
+            left_out: BTreeMap::new(),
         }
     }
 
+    fn left_out(&mut self, kind: LeftOut) {
+        *self.left_out.entry(kind).or_default() += 1;
+    }
+
+    /// The read note on what was left out, if anything was.
+    fn note(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        if self.left_out.is_empty() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let list: Vec<String> = self.left_out.iter().map(|(k, n)| k.describe(*n)).collect();
+        Some(format!("SVG: CADCraft doesn't read these yet, so they were left out: {}", list.join(", ")))
+    }
+
     fn parse(&mut self, text: &str) -> Result<()> {
         let mut reader = Reader::from_str(text);
         reader.config_mut().trim_text(true);
@@ -163,21 +212,29 @@ impl Parser {
                 _ => {}
             }
         }
+        self.drawing.read_notes.extend(self.note());
         Ok(())
     }
 
     /// A start tag: open a transform frame, descend into a skipped subtree, or treat a
     /// shape written as start+end the same as a self-closed one.
     fn on_start(&mut self, name: &[u8], e: &BytesStart) -> Result<()> {
+        // A style sheet applies wherever it is (Inkscape keeps it in `<defs>`).
+        if name == b"style" {
+            self.left_out(LeftOut::Style);
+        }
         if self.skip > 0 {
             self.skip += 1;
             return Ok(());
         }
-        if SKIP.contains(&name) {
+        if hidden(e) {
             self.skip = 1;
             return Ok(());
         }
-        if hidden(e) {
+        if SKIP.contains(&name) {
+            if let Some(kind) = LeftOut::of(name) {
+                self.left_out(kind);
+            }
             self.skip = 1;
             return Ok(());
         }
@@ -189,9 +246,18 @@ impl Parser {
             return Ok(());
         }
         if SKIP.contains(&name) || hidden(e) {
+            if !hidden(e)
+                && let Some(kind) = LeftOut::of(name)
+            {
+                self.left_out(kind);
+            }
             return Ok(());
         }
         match name {
+            b"use" => {
+                self.left_out(LeftOut::Use);
+                Ok(())
+            }
             b"rect" => self.rect(e),
             b"circle" => self.circle(e),
             b"ellipse" => self.ellipse(e),
@@ -279,6 +345,9 @@ impl Parser {
         if w <= 0.0 || h <= 0.0 {
             return Ok(());
         }
+        if num(e, b"rx", 0.0) > 0.0 || num(e, b"ry", 0.0) > 0.0 {
+            self.left_out(LeftOut::RoundedCorners);
+        }
         let pts = [Vec2::new(x, y), Vec2::new(x + w, y), Vec2::new(x + w, y + h), Vec2::new(x, y + h)];
         self.add_polyline(&pts.map(|p| self.map(p)), true)
     }
diff --git a/crates/io/src/tests.rs b/crates/io/src/tests.rs
index 0fb8407a..a7a8c265 100644
--- a/crates/io/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/io/src/tests.rs
@@ -2120,6 +2120,28 @@ fn svg_hidden_and_defs_subtrees_are_skipped() {
     assert_eq!(kinds(&d), ["Polyline"]);
 }
 
+/// #627: what the reader doesn't read yet (text, raster images, `<use>` copies, style sheets,
+/// rounded corners) is named in a read note instead of being left out silently; what isn't drawn
+/// (in `<defs>` or hidden) isn't counted.
+#[test]
+fn svg_left_out_content_is_noted() {
+    let svg = format!(
+        "{SVG_PAGE}<defs><style>.a {{ stroke: red }}</style><text>in defs</text><rect id=\"r\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"/></defs>\
+         <text x=\"0\" y=\"5\">one</text><text x=\"0\" y=\"8\"><tspan>two</tspan></text><text display=\"none\">hidden</text>\
+         <image href=\"a.png\" width=\"2\" height=\"2\"/><use href=\"#r\"/><use href=\"#r\" x=\"3\"></use>\
+         <rect x=\"1\" y=\"1\" width=\"4\" height=\"3\" rx=\"1\"/><rect x=\"6\" y=\"1\" width=\"4\" height=\"3\"/></svg>"
+    );
+    let d = read(svg.as_bytes(), "left-out.svg").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(kinds(&d), ["Polyline", "Polyline"]);
+    assert_eq!(
+        d.read_notes,
+        ["SVG: CADCraft doesn't read these yet, so they were left out: 2 texts, 1 raster image, 2 `<use>` copies, \
+          1 `<style>` sheet (its class rules aren't applied), 1 rectangle with rounded corners (drawn square)"]
+    );
+    let plain = read(format!("{SVG_PAGE}<rect x=\"1\" y=\"1\" width=\"4\" height=\"3\"/></svg>").as_bytes(), "a.svg").unwrap();
+    assert!(plain.read_notes.is_empty(), "{:?}", plain.read_notes);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn svgz_gunzips_to_the_same_drawing() {
     let svg = format!("{SVG_PAGE}<rect x=\"1\" y=\"1\" width=\"4\" height=\"3\"/></svg>");
diff --git a/docs/file-format-parity.md b/docs/file-format-parity.md
index 5b3a94ce..bb9b7dc0 100644
--- a/docs/file-format-parity.md
+++ b/docs/file-format-parity.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ early (#175), but the throughput problem remains. **DWG ≈ 30% read, ≈ 15% wr
 | Plot styles (`.ctb`, `.stb`), plotter configs (`.pc3`), `.pmp` | yes | plot style tables in our own JSON format ([plot-styles.md](plot-styles.md)) and kept in the drawing; plotter devices with papers and printable areas in our own JSON format ([plotters.md](plotters.md), #564); binary `.ctb`/`.stb`/`.pc3`/`.pmp` not read (no public spec) | 4–8 |
 | Scripts (`.scr`) | SCRIPT | script text through the CLI, MCP and control channel; no SCRIPT command reading a `.scr` file | 1–2 |
 | Aliases (`.pgp`), CUI(x), workspaces | yes | user alias files and ALIASEDIT (#552); no CUI(x) or workspaces | 4–8 |
-| SVG import (`.svg`, `.svgz`) | yes (via scripts) | OPEN reads shapes, paths, groups and Inkscape layers into entities (#636); no CSS classes, `use`, fills, text or images | 2–4 |
+| SVG import (`.svg`, `.svgz`) | yes (via scripts) | OPEN reads shapes, paths, groups and Inkscape layers into entities (#636); no CSS classes, `use`, fills, text or images (what the drawing loses is named in a note on open, #627) | 2–4 |
 | AutoLISP (`.lsp`, `.fas`, `.vlx`), `.dll`/`.arx` plug-ins | yes | `.lsp` loads (APPLOAD, `(load)`, a dropped file; #758); no Visual LISP ActiveX (`vlax-`), DCL dialogs or reactors; `.fas`/`.vlx` are compiled and undocumented; no `.dll`/`.arx` | see [gaps.md](gaps.md) (E1) |
 | Data extraction (`.csv`, `.xls`) and data links | yes | DATAEXTRACTION/EATTEXT to CSV or a table (#433); table data links read CSV (#534); no `.xls`, no `.dxe` templates | 3–5 |
 | eTransmit (`.zip` packages) | yes | no | 4–6 |
diff --git a/docs/gaps.md b/docs/gaps.md
index 0adb80f1..7a37744d 100644
--- a/docs/gaps.md
+++ b/docs/gaps.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Detail: [file-format-parity.md](file-format-parity.md).
 | FF11 | DWF/DWFx, DGN, WMF, EPS, ACIS/STL and other exchange formats | Low-medium | 50–100 |
 | FF12 | DWG in the web build | Medium | 6–10 |
 | FF13 | R12 binary DXF, pre-R13 DWG | Low | 10–20 |
-| FF14 | SVG import leftovers (shapes, paths, groups and Inkscape layers landed, #636): no CSS classes (`<style>`), `use` references, fills and gradients, text or embedded images; rounded rectangle corners (`rx`/`ry`) are ignored | Low-medium | 2–4 |
+| FF14 | SVG import leftovers (shapes, paths, groups and Inkscape layers landed, #636): no CSS classes (`<style>`), `use` references, fills and gradients, text or embedded images; rounded rectangle corners (`rx`/`ry`) are ignored. Opening such a file names what was left out (#627) | Low-medium | 2–4 |
 
 ## Hardware