diff --git a/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/ActivateStagedRelease.test.tsx b/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/ActivateStagedRelease.test.tsx
index 40fc2a564..ba71e92ac 100644
--- a/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/ActivateStagedRelease.test.tsx
+++ b/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/ActivateStagedRelease.test.tsx
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ describe('ActivateStagedRelease', () => {
 		fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Activate/ }));
 		expect(state.mutateAsync).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 		expect(screen.getByText('Activate this release of web?')).toBeTruthy();
+		const description = screen.getByText(/Everything was installed when this release was staged/);
+		expect(description.textContent).toMatch(/goes live on all nodes, which restart one at a time\./);
+		expect(description.textContent).toMatch(/so each node just switches to it\.$/);
 
 		fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Activate' }));
 		expect(state.mutateAsync).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
@@ -86,6 +89,20 @@ describe('ActivateStagedRelease', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
+	it('adds, when activating it again, that a node already running it only restarts', () => {
+		render(
+			<QueryClientProvider client={new QueryClient()}>
+				<ActivateStagedRelease deployment={staged} intent="again" />
+			</QueryClientProvider>,
+		);
+		fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Activate again' }));
+		expect(screen.getByText('Activate this release of web again?')).toBeTruthy();
+		const description = screen.getByText(/Everything was installed when this release was staged/);
+		expect(description.textContent).toMatch(
+			/so each node just switches to it\. A node already running it restarts without changing anything\.$/,
+		);
+	});
+
 	it('still reports an activation whose detail was closed before it settled', async () => {
 		let settle: (value: object) => void = () => {};
 		state.mutateAsync.mockReturnValue(new Promise((resolve) => (settle = resolve)));
diff --git a/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/ActivateStagedRelease.tsx b/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/ActivateStagedRelease.tsx
index 09f2bbe26..8c971844a 100644
--- a/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/ActivateStagedRelease.tsx
+++ b/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/ActivateStagedRelease.tsx
@@ -170,15 +170,15 @@ export function ActivateStagedRelease({
 								? (
 									<>
 										Deployment <span className="font-mono">{deploymentId}</span>{' '}
-										goes live again on every node, which restart one at a time. Nothing is installed: each node swaps
-										back the copy it kept when this release was replaced. A node that no longer keeps it refuses.
+										goes live again on all nodes, which restart one at a time. Each node kept this release installed
+										when it was replaced, so it just switches back. A node that no longer keeps it refuses.
 									</>
 								)
 								: (
 									<>
 										Deployment <span className="font-mono">{deploymentId}</span>{' '}
-										goes live on every node, which restart one at a time. Nothing is installed: each node swaps in the
-										release it staged.{shownIntent === 'again'
+										goes live on all nodes, which restart one at a time. Everything was installed when this release was
+										staged, so each node just switches to it.{shownIntent === 'again'
 											&& ' A node already running it restarts without changing anything.'}
 									</>
 								)}
diff --git a/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/StagedReleaseDetail.test.tsx b/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/StagedReleaseDetail.test.tsx
index 27c1a361d..e396456a7 100644
--- a/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/StagedReleaseDetail.test.tsx
+++ b/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/StagedReleaseDetail.test.tsx
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ const activationButton = () => screen.queryByRole('button', { name: /Activate|Ro
 describe('StagedReleaseDetail', () => {
 	it("reads the component's records from the staged one on, wherever they are listed", async () => {
 		renderDetail([staged]);
-		await screen.findByText(/Staged: built and installed, but not live/);
+		await screen.findByText('Staged: built and installed, but not live. Activating it just switches each node to it.');
 		expect(state.post).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
 			'/',
 			expect.objectContaining({
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ describe('StagedReleaseDetail', () => {
 		expect(await screen.findByText(/then replaced by/)).toBeTruthy();
 		fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Roll back to this release/ }));
 		expect(screen.getByText('Roll hello back to this release?')).toBeTruthy();
+		const description = screen.getByText(/Each node kept this release installed when it was replaced/);
+		expect(description.textContent).toMatch(/goes live again on all nodes, which restart one at a time\./);
+		expect(description.textContent).toMatch(/so it just switches back\. A node that no longer keeps it refuses\.$/);
 		fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Roll back to this release' }));
 		expect(state.mutateAsync.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchObject({
 			request: { kind: 'activate', project: 'hello', deploymentId: STAGED_ID },
diff --git a/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/StagedReleaseDetail.tsx b/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/StagedReleaseDetail.tsx
index bf9f0675b..b121356ca 100644
--- a/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/StagedReleaseDetail.tsx
+++ b/src/features/instance/config/deployments/components/StagedReleaseDetail.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function StagedReleaseDetail({ deployment }: { deployment: Deployment })
 			<div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
 				{!release && 'Staged. Checking whether it has been activated…'}
 				{release?.kind === 'waiting'
-					&& 'Staged: built and installed, but not live. Activating it makes it live with nothing to install.'}
+					&& 'Staged: built and installed, but not live. Activating it just switches each node to it.'}
 				{release?.kind === 'unknown'
 					&& "Staged. Couldn't read the deployments since, so it may already be live: activating a live release restarts every node without changing anything."}
 				{release?.kind === 'activating' && (