diff --git a/lib/model/query/audits.js b/lib/model/query/audits.js
index 3a4d75e2d..f8e75b5bf 100644
--- a/lib/model/query/audits.js
+++ b/lib/model/query/audits.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const actionCondition = (action) => {
     // The backup action was logged by a backup script that has been removed.
     // Even though the script has been removed, the audit log entries it logged
     // have not, so we should continue to exclude those.
-    return sql`action not in ('entity.create', 'entity.bulk.create', 'entity.error', 'entity.update.version', 'entity.update.resolve', 'entity.delete', 'submission.create', 'submission.update', 'submission.update.version', 'submission.attachment.update', 'backup', 'analytics')`;
+    return sql`action not in ('entity.create', 'entity.bulk.create', 'entity.error', 'entity.update.version', 'entity.update.resolve', 'entity.delete', 'submission.create', 'submission.update', 'submission.update.version', 'submission.attachment.update', 'submission.reprocess', 'backup', 'analytics')`;
   else if (action === 'user')
     return sql`action in ('user.create', 'user.update', 'user.delete', 'user.assignment.create', 'user.assignment.delete', 'user.session.create')`;
   else if (action === 'field_key')
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const actionCondition = (action) => {
   else if (action === 'form')
     return sql`action in ('form.create', 'form.update', 'form.delete', 'form.restore', 'form.purge', 'form.attachment.update', 'form.submission.export', 'form.update.draft.set', 'form.update.draft.delete', 'form.update.publish')`;
   else if (action === 'submission')
-    return sql`action in ('submission.create', 'submission.update', 'submission.update.version', 'submission.attachment.update')`;
+    return sql`action in ('submission.create', 'submission.update', 'submission.update.version', 'submission.attachment.update', 'submission.reprocess')`;
   else if (action === 'dataset')
     return sql`action in ('dataset.create', 'dataset.update')`;
   else if (action === 'entity')
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ ${extend|| sql`
   LEFT JOIN entity_defs AS current_entity_def ON current_entity_def."entityId" = entities.id AND current
 `}
   WHERE (audits.details->>'submissionId')::INTEGER = ${submissionId}
-
+    -- suppress this one event that is used for offline entity ordering/processing
+    AND audits.action != 'submission.reprocess'
   ORDER BY audits."loggedAt" DESC, audits.id DESC
   ${page(options)}`);
 
diff --git a/test/integration/api/audits.js b/test/integration/api/audits.js
index cfb4421d8..01496bcf4 100644
--- a/test/integration/api/audits.js
+++ b/test/integration/api/audits.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const appRoot = require('app-root-path');
 const should = require('should');
+const uuid = require('uuid').v4;
 const { sql } = require('slonik');
 const { plain } = require('../../util/util');
 const { testService } = require('../setup');
@@ -644,6 +645,49 @@ describe('/audits', () => {
         });
     }));
 
+    it('should filter out offline entity submission reprocessing events given action=nonverbose', testService(async (service, container) => {
+      const asAlice = await service.login('alice');
+
+      await asAlice.post('/v1/projects/1/forms?publish=true')
+        .send(testData.forms.offlineEntity)
+        .expect(200);
+
+      const branchId = uuid();
+
+      // second submission in a branch will get held to wait for first in branch
+      await asAlice.post('/v1/projects/1/forms/offlineEntity/submissions')
+        .send(testData.instances.offlineEntity.two
+          .replace('create="1"', 'update="1"')
+          .replace('branchId=""', `branchId="${branchId}"`)
+          .replace('two', 'two-update')
+          .replace('baseVersion=""', 'baseVersion="1"')
+          .replace('<status>new</status>', '<status>checked in</status>')
+        )
+        .set('Content-Type', 'application/xml')
+        .expect(200);
+
+      await asAlice.post('/v1/projects/1/forms/offlineEntity/submissions')
+        .send(testData.instances.offlineEntity.two
+          .replace('branchId=""', `branchId="${branchId}"`)
+        )
+        .set('Content-Type', 'application/xml')
+        .expect(200);
+
+      await exhaust(container);
+
+      await asAlice.get('/v1/audits?action=nonverbose')
+        .expect(200)
+        .then(({ body }) => {
+          body.length.should.equal(4);
+          body.map(a => a.action).should.eql([
+            'form.update.publish',
+            'dataset.create',
+            'form.create',
+            'user.session.create'
+          ]);
+        });
+    }));
+
     it('should log and return notes if given', testService((service) =>
       service.login('alice', (asAlice) =>
         asAlice.post('/v1/projects/1/forms?publish=true')
diff --git a/test/integration/api/offline-entities.js b/test/integration/api/offline-entities.js
index df805c833..6d201a7c3 100644
--- a/test/integration/api/offline-entities.js
+++ b/test/integration/api/offline-entities.js
@@ -486,12 +486,6 @@ describe('Offline Entities', () => {
 
       await exhaust(container);
 
-      await asAlice.get('/v1/projects/1/forms/offlineEntity/submissions/one-update2/audits')
-        .expect(200)
-        .then(({ body }) => {
-          body[1].action.should.equal('submission.reprocess');
-        });
-
       await asAlice.get('/v1/projects/1/datasets/people/entities/12345678-1234-4123-8234-123456789abc')
         .expect(200)
         .then(({ body }) => {
@@ -608,6 +602,42 @@ describe('Offline Entities', () => {
           body.currentVersion.branchBaseVersion.should.equal(2);
         });
     }));
+
+    it('should not include submission.reprocess event in audit log of held submission', testOfflineEntities(async (service, container) => {
+      const asAlice = await service.login('alice');
+      const branchId = uuid();
+
+      // Send second update in first
+      await asAlice.post('/v1/projects/1/forms/offlineEntity/submissions')
+        .send(testData.instances.offlineEntity.one
+          .replace('branchId=""', `branchId="${branchId}"`)
+          .replace('one', 'one-update1')
+          .replace('baseVersion="1"', 'baseVersion="2"')
+          .replace('<status>arrived</status>', '<status>working</status>')
+        )
+        .set('Content-Type', 'application/xml')
+        .expect(200);
+
+      // Send first update in
+      await asAlice.post('/v1/projects/1/forms/offlineEntity/submissions')
+        .send(testData.instances.offlineEntity.one
+          .replace('branchId=""', `branchId="${branchId}"`)
+        )
+        .set('Content-Type', 'application/xml')
+        .expect(200);
+
+      await exhaust(container);
+
+      await asAlice.get('/v1/projects/1/forms/offlineEntity/submissions/one-update1/audits')
+        .expect(200)
+        .then(({ body }) => {
+          body.length.should.equal(2);
+          body.map(a => a.action).should.eql([
+            'entity.update.version',
+            'submission.create'
+          ]);
+        });
+    }));
   });
 
   describe('reprocessing submissions when toggling approvalRequired dataset flag', () => {