diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/plan-mode/reentry-prompt.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/plan-mode/reentry-prompt.test.ts
index f2313d0ab..372eccf06 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/plan-mode/reentry-prompt.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/plan-mode/reentry-prompt.test.ts
@@ -32,24 +32,24 @@ describe("plan-mode re-entry prompt", () => {
 describe("plan-mode-active tool availability", () => {
 	it("omits ask-tool directives when ask is unavailable", () => {
 		const withoutAsk = render({ askAvailable: false, iterative: true });
-		expect(withoutAsk).not.toContain("`ask` with 2–4 mutually exclusive options");
-		expect(withoutAsk).not.toContain("use `ask` for preferences and tradeoffs");
+		expect(withoutAsk).not.toContain("`ask`: 2–4 mutually exclusive options");
+		expect(withoutAsk).not.toContain("`ask` only for preferences/tradeoffs");
 		expect(withoutAsk).not.toContain("Using `ask` to gather requirements");
 
 		const withAsk = render({ askAvailable: true, iterative: true });
-		expect(withAsk).toContain("`ask` with 2–4 mutually exclusive options");
-		expect(withAsk).toContain("use `ask` for preferences and tradeoffs");
+		expect(withAsk).toContain("`ask`: 2–4 mutually exclusive options");
+		expect(withAsk).toContain("`ask` only for preferences/tradeoffs");
 	});
 
 	it("records preferences as assumptions when ask is unavailable", () => {
 		const iterativeWithoutAsk = render({ askAvailable: false, iterative: true });
-		expect(iterativeWithoutAsk).toContain("Record them as Assumptions with a recommended default");
-		expect(iterativeWithoutAsk).toContain("record preferences and tradeoffs as Assumptions");
-		expect(iterativeWithoutAsk).not.toContain("`ask` for preferences and tradeoffs only");
+		expect(iterativeWithoutAsk).toContain("Record as Assumptions with a recommended default");
+		expect(iterativeWithoutAsk).toContain("record preferences/tradeoffs as Assumptions");
+		expect(iterativeWithoutAsk).not.toContain("`ask` only for preferences/tradeoffs");
 
 		const parallelWithoutAsk = render({ askAvailable: false, iterative: false });
 		expect(parallelWithoutAsk).toContain(
-			"record any remaining preference questions as Assumptions with a recommended default",
+			"record remaining preference questions as Assumptions with a recommended default",
 		);
 		// A prose question cannot end the turn in plan mode — no prose-terminal option.
 		expect(parallelWithoutAsk).not.toContain("Presenting a choice between approaches");