diff --git a/web/src/routes/admin/tuning/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/admin/tuning/+page.svelte
index f1b8419b..bececa1f 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/admin/tuning/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/admin/tuning/+page.svelte
@@ -428,13 +428,12 @@
     <div>
       <h2 class="text-lg font-semibold">Weekly trends</h2>
       <p class="text-xs text-text-secondary">
-        <span class="font-medium">Skip and completion are the most recent week only</span> —
-        the number after the skip rate is that week's play count, so a rate off a
-        handful of plays reads as what it is. Plays and Taste hit cover the whole
-        window.
         Skip rate per surface over the last {trends?.weeks ?? 12} weeks (lower is better; all
         users aggregated, rates only). Dashed ticks mark tuning changes. Taste hit is the share
         of plays whose artist fits the current taste profile.
+        <span class="font-medium">The skip and completion columns show the most recent week
+        alone</span>, not the whole window — the figure after the skip rate is that week's
+        play count, so a rate drawn from a handful of listens reads as what it is.
       </p>
     </div>
     {#if trendsFailed}
diff --git a/web/src/routes/admin/tuning/tuning.test.ts b/web/src/routes/admin/tuning/tuning.test.ts
index d0e2f63c..00abfa72 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/admin/tuning/tuning.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/admin/tuning/tuning.test.ts
@@ -210,8 +210,11 @@ describe('Admin tuning page', () => {
     // The window/last-week distinction has to be visible in the headers, or the
     // Plays total reads as the denominator of the skip rate. That misreading is
     // what #2495 was filed over.
-    expect(screen.getByText(/Plays/)).toHaveTextContent('(window)');
-    expect(screen.getByText(/^Skip/)).toHaveTextContent('(last wk)');
+    //
+    // Queried as column headers rather than by text: the caption below also
+    // mentions "Plays", and matching on the word finds the prose too.
+    expect(screen.getByRole('columnheader', { name: /Plays/ })).toHaveTextContent('(window)');
+    expect(screen.getByRole('columnheader', { name: /^Skip/ })).toHaveTextContent('(last wk)');
     // The knob turn is listed under the chart AND tooltipped on each
     // sparkline's marker tick, hence getAllBy.
     expect(