diff --git a/web/index.html b/web/index.html
index 67b6572..add0cda 100644
--- a/web/index.html
+++ b/web/index.html
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
             id="movie-blocked"
             aria-pressed="false"
           >
-            blocked
+            no targeted search
           </button>
           <label class="movie-root-field">
             <span class="field-label readout dim" id="movie-root-label">root</span>
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@
             </svg>
           </button>
         </div>
+        <p class="control-note readout dim" id="movie-blocked-note" hidden>
+          targeted search is off for this title. RSS still matches it, so a release can still arrive.
+        </p>
         <div class="remove-panel" id="remove-panel" hidden></div>
       </section>
 
@@ -314,7 +317,7 @@
 
       <section class="deck-group" id="bucket-waived" hidden aria-labelledby="label-waived">
         <header class="deck-head bucket-head">
-          <h3 class="deck-label" id="label-waived">waived</h3>
+          <h3 class="deck-label" id="label-waived">below policy</h3>
           <button
             type="button"
             class="bucket-toggle readout"
@@ -455,7 +458,7 @@
           </button>
         </header>
         <p class="queue-note readout dim">
-          a policy edit rescores search decks immediately — open any title's releases to check it.
+          a policy edit rescores every title's releases immediately — open any title to check it.
         </p>
         <ul class="deck-rows" id="rows-policies"></ul>
       </section>
diff --git a/web/src/library.ts b/web/src/library.ts
index ad6531f..517ba94 100644
--- a/web/src/library.ts
+++ b/web/src/library.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ export function movieNeedsAttention(movie: LibraryMovie): boolean {
  * `allow_english_audio` reads as "english, no dub", not as a clean match.
  * The import pipeline records the relaxed rule; both the bare rule name and
  * an object carrying one are accepted.
+ *
+ * Every arm names what was relaxed, never what the record calls it — the
+ * operator can act on "english, no dub" and cannot act on "waived".
  */
 export function waiverLabel(waiver: unknown): string | null {
   const rule = waiverRule(waiver);
@@ -81,8 +84,10 @@ export function waiverLabel(waiver: unknown): string | null {
       return "english, no dub";
     case "resolution":
       return "below wanted resolution";
+    case "size":
+      return "below the size floor";
     default:
-      return `waived · ${rule.replaceAll("_", " ")}`;
+      return `${rule.replaceAll("_", " ")} relaxed`;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/web/src/main.ts b/web/src/main.ts
index 9aabc27..e5aac0c 100644
--- a/web/src/main.ts
+++ b/web/src/main.ts
@@ -720,6 +720,18 @@ function searchMain(
   return { showIdle, restore };
 }
 
+/**
+ * What the operator reads for the stored `blocked` flag. §6.3 gives it one
+ * effect — it stops the targeted-search lane and leaves RSS matching on —
+ * and "blocked" reads as "block this title outright", which is the wrong
+ * promise. The flag, the column and the API keep their name; only the words
+ * on screen say what it does. [`BLOCKED_EFFECT`] carries the RSS half.
+ */
+const NO_TARGETED_SEARCH = "no targeted search";
+
+/** The half a three-word label cannot hold, for titles and accessible names. */
+const BLOCKED_EFFECT = "arr stops searching for this title; RSS still matches it";
+
 function chip(text: string, extra?: (chip: HTMLSpanElement) => void): HTMLSpanElement {
   const span = document.createElement("span");
   span.className = "chip readout";
@@ -931,7 +943,7 @@ function libraryRow(
     chips.append(chip("not wanted"));
   }
   if (movie.blocked) {
-    chips.append(chip("blocked"));
+    chips.append(chip(NO_TARGETED_SEARCH));
   }
   const rating = ratingChip(movie.vote_average);
   if (rating !== null) {
@@ -964,7 +976,7 @@ function librarySeriesRow(
   const root = roots.find((candidate) => candidate.id === series.root_id);
   chips.append(chip(root ? root.audience : `root ${series.root_id}`));
   if (series.blocked) {
-    chips.append(chip("blocked"));
+    chips.append(chip(NO_TARGETED_SEARCH));
   }
   const rating = ratingChip(series.vote_average);
   if (rating !== null) {
@@ -1352,6 +1364,10 @@ function movieMain(views: HideableView[]): MovieView {
   const actionsEl = must<HTMLElement>("#movie-actions");
   const wanted = must<HTMLButtonElement>("#movie-wanted");
   const blocked = must<HTMLButtonElement>("#movie-blocked");
+  const blockedNote = must<HTMLElement>("#movie-blocked-note");
+  // the accessible name carries what three words cannot, at rest and on
+  blocked.setAttribute("aria-label", `${NO_TARGETED_SEARCH} — ${BLOCKED_EFFECT}`);
+  blocked.title = BLOCKED_EFFECT;
   const rootSelect = must<HTMLSelectElement>("#movie-root");
   const sweep = must<HTMLButtonElement>("#movie-sweep");
   const remove = must<HTMLButtonElement>("#movie-remove");
@@ -1474,7 +1490,7 @@ function movieMain(views: HideableView[]): MovieView {
       );
     }
     if (movie.blocked) {
-      chipsEl.append(chip("blocked"));
+      chipsEl.append(chip(NO_TARGETED_SEARCH));
     }
   }
 
@@ -1495,6 +1511,10 @@ function movieMain(views: HideableView[]): MovieView {
     }
     wanted.setAttribute("aria-pressed", String(movie.wanted));
     blocked.setAttribute("aria-pressed", String(movie.blocked));
+    // §6.3 is the whole point of the flag and a bare toggle hides it: the
+    // note appears when the flag is on, which is when the RSS half is the
+    // thing that surprises. At rest the label and the title carry it.
+    blockedNote.hidden = !movie.blocked;
     paintRootOptions();
     // a root list that does not carry the title's own root still shows it —
     // a select lying by omission would make the next change move it blindly
@@ -1549,7 +1569,7 @@ function movieMain(views: HideableView[]): MovieView {
     void updateMovie(movie.id, { blocked: !movie.blocked }).then((outcome) => {
       if (outcome.kind === "error") {
         blocked.disabled = false;
-        setStatus(`blocked failed — ${outcome.detail}`, "fault");
+        setStatus(`targeted search change failed — ${outcome.detail}`, "fault");
         return;
       }
       void refreshMovie().then(() => {
@@ -2217,13 +2237,13 @@ function paintBuckets(dom: BucketsDom, releases: MovieRelease[], actions: Releas
     // §9.3: over-strict filters must be visible, not silently absent — and
     // where a rule can be waived, the count says so rather than leaving the
     // way out folded inside a collapsed bucket.
-    const waivable = releases.filter(overridable).length;
+    const forceable = releases.filter(overridable).length;
     const none = document.createElement("li");
     none.className = "rel rel-none readout dim";
     none.textContent =
-      waivable > 0
-        ? `none — every candidate was waived or rejected by policy; ${waivable} can be waived`
-        : "none — every candidate was waived or rejected by policy";
+      forceable > 0
+        ? `none — every candidate is below policy or rejected; ${forceable} can be force grabbed`
+        : "none — every candidate is below policy or rejected";
     dom.eligible.rows.append(none);
   }
   for (const name of ["waived", "rejected"] as const) {
@@ -2310,7 +2330,7 @@ function buildBucketDom(root: HTMLElement): BucketsDom {
 
   const dom: BucketsDom = {
     eligible: { section: eligibleSection, count: eligibleCount, rows: eligibleRows },
-    waived: collapsed("waived"),
+    waived: collapsed("below policy"),
     rejected: collapsed("rejected"),
   };
   root.append(dom.eligible.section, dom.waived.section, dom.rejected.section);
@@ -2361,11 +2381,15 @@ function releaseRow(
   }
   if (bucket !== "eligible") {
     // A rejected row always names its rule; a waived one cannot — the
-    // `releases` CHECK allows `rejected_rule` only on a rejection. Say
-    // `waived` plainly rather than calling a classified row unclassified.
-    const verdict = release.rejected_rule
-      ? `${bucket} · ${ruleLabel(release.rejected_rule)}`
-      : bucket;
+    // `releases` CHECK allows `rejected_rule` only on a rejection. So a
+    // waived row says the plainer thing the operator can act on, "below
+    // policy", rather than the name the record keeps for it.
+    const verdict =
+      bucket === "waived"
+        ? "below policy"
+        : release.rejected_rule
+          ? `rejected · ${ruleLabel(release.rejected_rule)}`
+          : "rejected";
     line.append(
       chip(verdict, (span) => {
         span.dataset.verdict = bucket;
@@ -2392,7 +2416,14 @@ function releaseRow(
     const grab = document.createElement("button");
     grab.type = "button";
     grab.className = "control rel-grab";
-    grab.textContent = writesOverride ? "waive + grab" : "grab";
+    // "force grab" says what the click does; the accessible name says what
+    // it forces past, since the rule is the reason the row is not eligible.
+    grab.textContent = writesOverride ? "force grab" : "grab";
+    if (writesOverride) {
+      const forced = `force grab — relaxes ${ruleLabel(release.rejected_rule)} for this title and grabs anyway`;
+      grab.setAttribute("aria-label", forced);
+      grab.title = forced;
+    }
     grab.addEventListener("click", () => {
       grab.disabled = true;
       note.hidden = false;
@@ -2665,7 +2696,7 @@ function seriesRow(
     );
   }
   if (series.blocked) {
-    chips.append(chip("blocked"));
+    chips.append(chip(NO_TARGETED_SEARCH));
   }
   chips.append(
     chip(series.status, (span) => {
@@ -2777,7 +2808,7 @@ function seriesCard(
     );
   }
   if (series.blocked) {
-    chips.push(chip("blocked"));
+    chips.push(chip(NO_TARGETED_SEARCH));
   }
   chips.push(
     chip(series.status, (span) => {
@@ -2814,7 +2845,7 @@ function movieCard(
     chips.push(chip("not wanted"));
   }
   if (movie.blocked) {
-    chips.push(chip("blocked"));
+    chips.push(chip(NO_TARGETED_SEARCH));
   }
   const rating = ratingChip(movie.vote_average);
   if (rating !== null) {
@@ -2901,7 +2932,11 @@ function tvReleasesMain(): TvReleasesView {
     grab: (release, bucket) => {
       const current = request;
       if (!current) {
-        return Promise.resolve({ kind: "error", detail: "deck closed", overrideWritten: false });
+        return Promise.resolve({
+          kind: "error",
+          detail: "releases closed",
+          overrideWritten: false,
+        });
       }
       if (bucket !== "eligible") {
         return waiveAndGrabTv(current.seriesId, current.target, release.id, release.rejected_rule);
@@ -3306,7 +3341,7 @@ function seriesMain(tvDeck: TvReleasesView, views: HideableView[]): SeriesView {
       }),
     );
     if (current.blocked) {
-      chipsEl.append(chip("blocked"));
+      chipsEl.append(chip(NO_TARGETED_SEARCH));
     }
   }
 
@@ -3495,8 +3530,8 @@ function seriesMain(tvDeck: TvReleasesView, views: HideableView[]): SeriesView {
     deckBtn.className = "control control-icon";
     const deckLabel =
       season.number === 0
-        ? "open the specials release deck"
-        : `open the season ${PAD_TWO(season.number)} release deck`;
+        ? "search releases for specials"
+        : `search releases for season ${PAD_TWO(season.number)}`;
     deckBtn.setAttribute("aria-label", deckLabel);
     deckBtn.title = deckLabel;
     deckBtn.append(icon("search"));
@@ -3663,7 +3698,7 @@ function seriesMain(tvDeck: TvReleasesView, views: HideableView[]): SeriesView {
       const deckBtn = document.createElement("button");
       deckBtn.type = "button";
       deckBtn.className = "control control-icon";
-      const deckLabel = `open the ${episodeTag(seasonNumber, episode.number)} release deck`;
+      const deckLabel = `search releases for ${episodeTag(seasonNumber, episode.number)}`;
       deckBtn.setAttribute("aria-label", deckLabel);
       deckBtn.title = deckLabel;
       deckBtn.append(icon("search"));
diff --git a/web/src/style.css b/web/src/style.css
index ab58117..6bc612b 100644
--- a/web/src/style.css
+++ b/web/src/style.css
@@ -1748,6 +1748,17 @@ body {
   padding: 0 var(--space-3);
 }
 
+/* The one control whose effect is narrower than its name suggests (§6.3)
+   says so under the row while it is on: three words on the button, the
+   half they cannot hold on the line below. Aligned with the row's own
+   padding so it reads as a note on the controls, not a new section. */
+.control-note {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0 var(--space-1) var(--space-2);
+  color: var(--ink-muted);
+  font-size: var(--text-xs);
+}
+
 /* wanted and blocked read as rules, pressed = on — the tracked-toggle idiom */
 .movie-controls .control[aria-pressed="true"] {
   color: var(--accent-bright);