diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/__tests__/topology-utils-test.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/__tests__/topology-utils-test.js
index 7010bb4147..7d2e5bc144 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/__tests__/topology-utils-test.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/__tests__/topology-utils-test.js
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ describe('TopologyUtils', () => {
   });
 
   describe('filterHiddenTopologies', () => {
-    it('should filter out empty topos that set hidden_if_empty=true', () => {
+    it('should filter out empty topos that set hide_if_empty=true', () => {
       const topos = [
-        {id: 'a', hidden_if_empty: true, stats: {node_count: 0, filtered_nodes:0}},
-        {id: 'b', hidden_if_empty: true, stats: {node_count: 1, filtered_nodes:0}},
-        {id: 'c', hidden_if_empty: true, stats: {node_count: 0, filtered_nodes:1}},
-        {id: 'd', hidden_if_empty: false, stats: {node_count: 0, filtered_nodes:0}}
+        {id: 'a', hide_if_empty: true, stats: {node_count: 0, filtered_nodes:0}},
+        {id: 'b', hide_if_empty: true, stats: {node_count: 1, filtered_nodes:0}},
+        {id: 'c', hide_if_empty: true, stats: {node_count: 0, filtered_nodes:1}},
+        {id: 'd', hide_if_empty: false, stats: {node_count: 0, filtered_nodes:0}}
       ];
 
       const res = TopologyUtils.filterHiddenTopologies(topos);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/topology-utils.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/topology-utils.js
index 5987af9bc1..0d4036feb0 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/topology-utils.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/topology-utils.js
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ export function setTopologyUrlsById(topologyUrlsById, topologies) {
 }
 
 export function filterHiddenTopologies(topologies) {
-  return topologies.filter(t => (!t.hidden_if_empty || t.stats.node_count > 0 ||
+  return topologies.filter(t => (!t.hide_if_empty || t.stats.node_count > 0 ||
                                t.stats.filtered_nodes > 0));
 }
diff --git a/render/filters.go b/render/filters.go
index 07745abe47..24de14aa2c 100644
--- a/render/filters.go
+++ b/render/filters.go
@@ -59,11 +59,24 @@ func ColorConnected(r Renderer) Renderer {
 type Filter struct {
 	Renderer
 	FilterFunc func(report.Node) bool
+	Silent     bool // true means we don't report stats for how many are filtered
 }
 
 // MakeFilter makes a new Filter.
 func MakeFilter(f func(report.Node) bool, r Renderer) Renderer {
-	return Memoise(&Filter{r, f})
+	return Memoise(&Filter{
+		Renderer:   r,
+		FilterFunc: f,
+	})
+}
+
+// MakeSilentFilter makes a new Filter which does not report how many nodes it filters in Stats.
+func MakeSilentFilter(f func(report.Node) bool, r Renderer) Renderer {
+	return Memoise(&Filter{
+		Renderer:   r,
+		FilterFunc: f,
+		Silent:     true,
+	})
 }
 
 // Render implements Renderer
@@ -115,9 +128,11 @@ func (f *Filter) render(rpt report.Report) (report.Nodes, int) {
 
 // Stats implements Renderer
 func (f Filter) Stats(rpt report.Report) Stats {
-	_, filtered := f.render(rpt)
 	var upstream = f.Renderer.Stats(rpt)
-	upstream.FilteredNodes += filtered
+	if !f.Silent {
+		_, filtered := f.render(rpt)
+		upstream.FilteredNodes += filtered
+	}
 	return upstream
 }
 
@@ -154,6 +169,18 @@ func FilterUnconnected(r Renderer) Renderer {
 	)
 }
 
+// SilentFilterUnconnected produces a renderer that filters unconnected nodes
+// from the given renderer; nodes filtered by this are not reported in stats.
+func SilentFilterUnconnected(r Renderer) Renderer {
+	return MakeSilentFilter(
+		func(node report.Node) bool {
+			_, ok := node.Latest.Lookup(IsConnected)
+			return ok
+		},
+		ColorConnected(r),
+	)
+}
+
 // FilterNoop does nothing.
 func FilterNoop(in Renderer) Renderer {
 	return in
@@ -177,7 +204,7 @@ func FilterRunning(r Renderer) Renderer {
 
 // FilterNonProcspied removes endpoints which were not found in procspy.
 func FilterNonProcspied(r Renderer) Renderer {
-	return MakeFilter(
+	return MakeSilentFilter(
 		func(node report.Node) bool {
 			_, ok := node.Latest.Lookup(endpoint.Procspied)
 			return ok
diff --git a/render/topologies.go b/render/topologies.go
index b7656bda41..3752dcac12 100644
--- a/render/topologies.go
+++ b/render/topologies.go
@@ -69,11 +69,10 @@ var ProcessNameRenderer = MakeMap(
 // but we need to be careful to ensure we only include each edge once, by only
 // including the ProcessRenderer once.
 var ContainerRenderer = MakeReduce(
-	MakeFilter(
+	MakeSilentFilter(
 		func(n report.Node) bool {
-			_, inContainer := n.Latest.Lookup(docker.ContainerID)
 			_, isConnected := n.Latest.Lookup(IsConnected)
-			return inContainer || isConnected
+			return n.Topology != Pseudo || isConnected
 		},
 		MakeMap(
 			MapProcess2Container,
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ var ContainerRenderer = MakeReduce(
 	// We need to be careful to ensure we only include each edge once.  Edges brought in
 	// by the above renders will have a pid, so its enough to filter out any nodes with
 	// pids.
-	FilterUnconnected(MakeMap(
+	SilentFilterUnconnected(MakeMap(
 		MapIP2Container,
 		MakeReduce(
 			MakeMap(
@@ -224,9 +223,15 @@ var HostRenderer = MakeReduce(
 // PodRenderer is a Renderer which produces a renderable kubernetes
 // graph by merging the container graph and the pods topology.
 var PodRenderer = MakeReduce(
-	MakeMap(
-		MapContainer2Pod,
-		ContainerRenderer,
+	MakeSilentFilter(
+		func(n report.Node) bool {
+			_, isConnected := n.Latest.Lookup(IsConnected)
+			return n.Topology != Pseudo || isConnected
+		},
+		ColorConnected(MakeMap(
+			MapContainer2Pod,
+			ContainerRenderer,
+		)),
 	),
 	SelectPod,
 )