diff --git a/src/ui/dashboard.rs b/src/ui/dashboard.rs
index c14e9c8..010199e 100644
--- a/src/ui/dashboard.rs
+++ b/src/ui/dashboard.rs
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ async fn render(state: &AppState) -> anyhow::Result<Html<String>> {
 
     let stats_html = format!(
         r#"<div class="stats">
-  <div class="stat"><div class="val">{}</div><div class="lbl">Indexed</div></div>
+  <div class="stat"><div class="val">{}</div><div class="lbl">Torrents</div></div>
   <div class="stat"><div class="val">{}</div><div class="lbl">Publishers</div></div>
-  <div class="stat"><div class="val">{}</div><div class="lbl">Queued</div></div>
+  <div class="stat"><div class="val">{}</div><div class="lbl">In queue</div></div>
   <div class="stat"><div class="val">{}</div><div class="lbl">Published</div></div>
-  <div class="stat"><div class="val" style="font-size:1rem;padding-top:.2rem">{last_seen}</div><div class="lbl">Last ingest</div></div>
+  <div class="stat"><div class="val" style="font-size:1rem;padding-top:.2rem">{last_seen}</div><div class="lbl">Last activity</div></div>
 </div>"#,
         stats.torrent_count,
         stats.publisher_count,
@@ -47,15 +47,13 @@ async fn render(state: &AppState) -> anyhow::Result<Html<String>> {
         relays
             .iter()
             .map(|r| {
-                let (dot, ts_str) = match r.last_event {
-                    Some(ts) => ("dot-ok", format!("last event {}", fmt_ts_ago(ts))),
-                    // "no events yet" is normal on a fresh start — the relay is connected
-                    // but kindexr hasn't received any NIP-35 events from it this session.
-                    None => ("dot-dim", "connected — no events received yet".into()),
+                let ts_str = match r.last_event {
+                    Some(ts) => format!("last event {}", fmt_ts_ago(ts)),
+                    None => "no events yet".into(),
                 };
                 format!(
                     r#"<div class="relay-row">
-  <span><span class="dot {dot}"></span><span class="relay-url">{url}</span></span>
+  <span class="relay-url">{url}</span>
   <span class="relay-ts">{ts_str}</span>
 </div>"#,
                     url = esc(&r.url),
@@ -64,12 +62,18 @@ async fn render(state: &AppState) -> anyhow::Result<Html<String>> {
             .collect()
     };
 
+    let all = relays.len();
+    let conn_label = if relay_count as usize == all {
+        format!("{relay_count} relays connected")
+    } else {
+        format!("{relay_count} of {all} relays connected")
+    };
+
     let relays_html = format!(
         r#"<div class="section">
-  <div class="section-title">Relays — {relay_count} connected / {} configured</div>
+  <div class="section-title">{conn_label}</div>
   <div class="relay-list">{relay_rows}</div>
 </div>"#,
-        relays.len(),
     );
 
     // Recent ingest table
@@ -101,7 +105,7 @@ async fn render(state: &AppState) -> anyhow::Result<Html<String>> {
 
     let recent_html = format!(
         r#"<div class="section">
-  <div class="section-title">Recent ingest</div>
+  <div class="section-title">Recently indexed</div>
   <div class="table-wrap">
     <table>
       <thead><tr><th>Title</th><th>Category</th><th>Publisher</th><th>When</th></tr></thead>
@@ -124,25 +128,25 @@ fn build_network_html(state: &AppState) -> String {
         "tor" => (
             "badge-warn",
             "Tor",
-            "SOCKS5 → 127.0.0.1:9050 — all outbound traffic routed through Tor".to_string(),
+            "All connections go through Tor (127.0.0.1:9050)".to_string(),
         ),
         "i2p" => (
             "badge-accent",
             "I2P",
-            "SOCKS5 → 127.0.0.1:4446 — all outbound traffic routed through I2P".to_string(),
+            "All connections go through I2P (127.0.0.1:4446)".to_string(),
         ),
         "socks5" => {
             let addr = proxy.url.trim_start_matches("socks5://").trim_start_matches("socks5h://");
             (
                 "badge-accent",
                 "SOCKS5",
-                format!("SOCKS5 → {addr} — all outbound traffic proxied"),
+                format!("All connections go through {addr}"),
             )
         }
         _ => (
             "badge-dim",
             "Direct",
-            format!("No proxy — outbound connections use your host's network stack directly"),
+            "No proxy, using your server's network directly".to_string(),
         ),
     };
 
@@ -161,7 +165,7 @@ fn build_network_html(state: &AppState) -> String {
   <div class="card" style="margin-bottom:.75rem">
     <div style="display:flex;gap:1rem;align-items:flex-start;flex-wrap:wrap">
       <div style="min-width:160px">
-        <div style="font-size:.65rem;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.07em;color:var(--muted);margin-bottom:.3rem">Proxy / anonymity</div>
+        <div style="font-size:.65rem;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.07em;color:var(--muted);margin-bottom:.3rem">Network</div>
         <span class="badge {proxy_badge_class}" style="font-size:12px;padding:.2rem .6rem">{proxy_label}</span>
         <div style="font-size:11px;color:var(--muted);margin-top:.4rem;max-width:440px">{proxy_detail}</div>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/ui/indexed.rs b/src/ui/indexed.rs
index 877f621..c03020f 100644
--- a/src/ui/indexed.rs
+++ b/src/ui/indexed.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ async fn render(state: &AppState, params: &Params) -> anyhow::Result<Html<String
     let pager = pagination(&base_url, page_num, total_pages);
 
     let body = format!(
-        r#"<h1>Indexed <span style="font-weight:400;color:var(--muted);font-size:.9rem">({total} total)</span></h1>
+        r#"<h1>Content <span style="font-weight:400;color:var(--muted);font-size:.9rem">({total} total)</span></h1>
 {search}
 <div class="table-wrap">
   <table>
diff --git a/src/ui/mod.rs b/src/ui/mod.rs
index f6cd71b..a85793a 100644
--- a/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ async fn torrent_blob_handler(
 pub fn page(active: &str, title: &str, body: &str) -> axum::response::Html<String> {
     let nav = [
         ("dashboard", "/ui", "Dashboard"),
-        ("indexed", "/ui/indexed", "Indexed"),
+        ("indexed", "/ui/indexed", "Content"),
         ("publishers", "/ui/publishers", "Publishers"),
         ("published", "/ui/published", "Published"),
         ("settings", "/ui/settings", "Settings"),
diff --git a/src/ui/published.rs b/src/ui/published.rs
index 88d78a6..dc6c96e 100644
--- a/src/ui/published.rs
+++ b/src/ui/published.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ async fn render(state: &AppState, params: &Params) -> anyhow::Result<Html<String
     let tabs = format!(
         r#"<div class="tabs">
   <a href="/ui/published?tab=done" class="{c_done}">Published</a>
-  <a href="/ui/published?tab=pending" class="{c_pend}">Pending queue</a>
+  <a href="/ui/published?tab=pending" class="{c_pend}">Pending</a>
 </div>"#,
         c_done = if tab == "done" { "cur" } else { "" },
         c_pend = if tab == "pending" { "cur" } else { "" },
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ async fn render(state: &AppState, params: &Params) -> anyhow::Result<Html<String
                     Some(e) => format!(r#"<span class="mono" style="color:var(--danger)" title="{}">[error]</span>"#, esc(e)),
                     None => {
                         let sched = fmt_ts_ago(r.scheduled_at);
-                        format!(r#"<span class="mono" style="color:var(--muted)">in {sched}</span>"#)
+                        format!(r#"<span class="mono" style="color:var(--muted)">scheduled {sched}</span>"#)
                     }
                 },
             };
diff --git a/src/ui/publishers.rs b/src/ui/publishers.rs
index 3e3d09f..7dd8293 100644
--- a/src/ui/publishers.rs
+++ b/src/ui/publishers.rs
@@ -47,24 +47,23 @@ async fn render(state: &AppState, params: &ListParams) -> anyhow::Result<Html<St
 
     // Vouch form
     let vouch_form = r#"<div class="card">
-  <div class="card-title">Override publisher trust</div>
+  <div class="card-title">Set trust level</div>
   <form method="POST" action="/ui/publishers/vouch">
     <div class="form-row">
       <input class="wide mono-in" type="text" name="pubkey"
-             placeholder="npub1… or 64-char hex pubkey" required>
+             placeholder="npub1… or hex pubkey" required>
       <select name="action">
-        <option value="trusted">Trusted (score 1.0)</option>
-        <option value="neutral">Neutral (score 0.5)</option>
-        <option value="untrusted">Untrusted (score 0.0)</option>
+        <option value="trusted">Trusted</option>
+        <option value="neutral">Neutral</option>
+        <option value="untrusted">Untrusted</option>
         <option value="block">Block</option>
       </select>
       <button type="submit" class="btn-accent">Apply</button>
     </div>
     <div style="margin-top:.6rem;font-size:11px;color:var(--muted);line-height:1.6">
-      <strong style="color:var(--text)">Local override only — nothing is broadcast to Nostr.</strong>
-      The <em>Follow depth</em> column is read from your operator pubkey's real Nostr follow list.
-      This form lets you override trust for anyone regardless of whether you follow them.
-      Blocking silently drops all future events from that pubkey at ingest.
+      This is local only, nothing gets posted to Nostr.
+      Click any publisher row to copy their npub into the box above.
+      Blocking drops all future posts from that person.
     </div>
   </form>
 </div>"#;
@@ -173,8 +172,8 @@ function fillVouch(el) {{
   <div class="table-wrap">
     <table>
       <thead><tr>
-        <th>Identity</th><th>Trust</th><th title="How many hops from your operator pubkey's follow list: 0=you, 1=you follow them, 2=someone you follow follows them, —=outside your network">Follow depth</th>
-        <th>Events</th><th>Reports</th><th>Last seen</th><th>Actions</th>
+        <th>Publisher</th><th>Trust</th><th title="0=you, 1=you follow them, 2=a follow of yours follows them">Follows</th>
+        <th>Posts</th><th>Reports</th><th>Last seen</th><th></th>
       </tr></thead>
       <tbody>{table_rows}</tbody>
     </table>