diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/module_health.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/module_health.go
index b40c6818..17f83ec4 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/module_health.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/module_health.go
@@ -388,6 +388,10 @@ func moduleUnhealthyObservation(module, node string, rs []inventory.ResourceHeal
 
 // reasonWords is why a resource is unhealthy, as a person reads it.
 func reasonWords(r inventory.ResourceHealth) string {
+	// An account waiting for a new login (ADR 0252) is said in the mesh's words, not the engine's.
+	if r.Kind == link.KindAccount && strings.HasPrefix(r.Reason, link.ReasonRelogin) {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("waits for a new login of %s, which is in the group and logged in before it was", accountOf(r))
+	}
 	switch r.Reason {
 	case "restarting":
 		return fmt.Sprintf("keeps restarting (%d restart(s) counted)", r.Restarts)
@@ -452,11 +456,11 @@ func personWait(module, machine string, rs []inventory.ResourceHealth) (string,
 		}
 	}
 	said := fmt.Sprintf("relogin needed on %s: %s waits for a new login of %s, which is in its group and whose "+
-		"running session began before it was; log out of every session and in again, or reboot", machine, module,
+		"login began before it was; log out of %[1]s completely and log in again, or restart it", machine, module,
 		strings.Join(accounts, ", "))
 	if len(units) > 0 {
 		sort.Strings(units)
-		said += fmt.Sprintf(" (until then %s cannot run in that session)", strings.Join(units, ", "))
+		said += fmt.Sprintf(" (until then %s cannot run)", strings.Join(units, ", "))
 	}
 	return said, true
 }
diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/plain_words.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/plain_words.go
index 40fb6898..54befa7f 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/plain_words.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/plain_words.go
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ const FromMeshMCPServer = "from the mesh MCP server; this notification cannot do
 
 // reloginNeeds is what an account waiting for its groups needs (ADR 0252).
 func reloginNeeds(node string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("log out of every session on %s and log in again.", node)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("log out of %s completely and log in again, or restart it.", node)
 }
 
 // stalledWords are the plain words of a delivery held past its bound, as mesh-delivery says it.
diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/plain_words_test.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/plain_words_test.go
index abb8355e..a24290df 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/plain_words_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/plain_words_test.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func TestAModuleUnhealthyAsksForARestartInWords(t *testing.T) {
 	// An account waiting for a new login (ADR 0252) asks for the login, held to the plain rule.
 	o = moduleUnhealthyObservation("openrazer", "g14", []inventory.ResourceHealth{{Kind: "account",
 		Resource: "operator-in-group", Target: "jochen", Reason: "relogin needed: the account is in the group"}})
-	if o.Needs != "log out of every session on g14 and log in again." || len(o.Actions) != 0 {
+	if o.Needs != "log out of g14 completely and log in again, or restart it." || len(o.Actions) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("relogin: %q %+v", o.Needs, o.Actions)
 	}
 	w := conditions.Words{Headline: o.Headline, Explanation: o.Explanation, Resolved: o.Resolved, Needs: o.Needs}
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ func TestAModuleUnhealthyAsksForARestartInWords(t *testing.T) {
 	if why, ok := conditions.PlainWords(rw, "g14"); !ok || rw.Needs == "" || len(rw.Actions) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("relogin-needed: %s %+v", why, rw)
 	}
+	if strings.Contains(o.Summary, "session") || !strings.Contains(o.Summary, "waits for a new login of jochen") {
+		t.Errorf("relogin summary: %q", o.Summary)
+	}
 }
 
 // **Failed units on a machine**: "shanks's service manager is degraded: 3 failed unit(s) no module places —