diff --git a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/answer-status.tsx b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/answer-status.tsx
index c48802f20..8d17f0509 100644
--- a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/answer-status.tsx
+++ b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/answer-status.tsx
@@ -94,7 +94,14 @@ export function AnswerEmptyState({
           </div>
           {/* No privacy link here: the composer's PrivacyInputNotice is the
               single site-wide notice, so the hero footer must not repeat it. */}
-          <ModeHomeVerificationFooter icon={ShieldCheck} label="Source backed" body="Clinical Guide library" />
+          {/* Pre-query copy must describe what the search does, not assert that
+              every indexed source is verified/current (PT-06): validation status
+              varies per document and is surfaced on the results themselves. */}
+          <ModeHomeVerificationFooter
+            icon={ShieldCheck}
+            label="Searches indexed clinical sources"
+            body="Clinical Guide library"
+          />
         </div>
       }
     />
diff --git a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/document-search-results.tsx b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/document-search-results.tsx
index 12557a0fd..fa4153ade 100644
--- a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/document-search-results.tsx
+++ b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/document-search-results.tsx
@@ -348,7 +348,11 @@ function DocumentSearchHome({
       }))}
       footer={
         <div className="grid w-full gap-3">
-          <ModeHomeVerificationFooter icon={ShieldCheck} label="Source backed" body="Clinical document library" />
+          <ModeHomeVerificationFooter
+            icon={ShieldCheck}
+            label="Searches indexed clinical sources"
+            body="Clinical document library"
+          />
           {documentCount > 0 ? (
             <p className="text-xs font-semibold text-[color:var(--text-soft)]" aria-live="polite">
               {documentCount.toLocaleString()} indexed source{documentCount === 1 ? "" : "s"}