diff --git a/templates/admin/settings.html b/templates/admin/settings.html
index 297737b..dfa1cf6 100644
--- a/templates/admin/settings.html
+++ b/templates/admin/settings.html
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
       <!-- Hermes API Key display (env var only; no regeneration) -->
       <div class="section">
         <h2>Hermes API Key</h2>
-        <p class="copy-hint">Hermes uses this key in the Authorization header when POSTing generated Suno prompts back to the callback endpoint. The key is configured via the Portainer environment variable <code>HERMES_API_KEY</code>.</p>
+        <p class="copy-hint">Set via Portainer env var <code>HERMES_API_KEY</code>. Used for callback auth.</p>
         <p><strong>Current key:</strong> <code>{{ hermes_key_masked }}</code></p>
 
         {% if not hermes_key_set %}