diff --git a/web/app/(app)/secrets/[group]/page.tsx b/web/app/(app)/secrets/[group]/page.tsx
index b08b159..4fc12e8 100644
--- a/web/app/(app)/secrets/[group]/page.tsx
+++ b/web/app/(app)/secrets/[group]/page.tsx
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ function SecretRow({ group, secret }: { group: string; secret: Secret }) {
                                 <span className="font-mono text-text-primary">{secret.key}</span> will be removed from the{" "}
                                 <span className="font-mono text-text-primary">{group}</span> group.
                             </p>
-                            <p>Anything reading this key — a workflow step, an External Secrets sync — starts failing at its next run.</p>
+                            <p>Anything reading this key — a workflow step, an API consumer, an external sync — starts failing at its next run.</p>
                         </>
                     }
                 />
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ export default function SecretGroupPage() {
                 <div className="min-w-0">
                     <h1 className="break-all font-mono text-2xl font-bold text-text-primary">{group}</h1>
                     <p className="mt-1 break-words text-sm text-text-secondary">
-                        ESO reads this group at <span className="font-mono">GET /api/secrets/{group}/values</span>
+                        Read this group at <span className="font-mono">GET /api/secrets/{group}/values</span>
                     </p>
                 </div>
                 <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3">
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ export default function SecretGroupPage() {
                             {data ? `${data.secrets.length} of its keys` : "of its keys"}. The values cannot be recovered.
                         </p>
                         <p>
-                            Every workflow step referencing this group, and any External Secrets sync reading{" "}
+                            Every workflow step referencing this group, and anything reading{" "}
                             <span className="font-mono">/api/secrets/{group}/values</span>, fails at its next run.
                         </p>
                     </>
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ export default function SecretGroupPage() {
                         onRetry={refetch}
                         skeleton={<TableSkeleton columns={4} />}
                         isEmpty={!data || data.secrets.length === 0}
-                        empty={<EmptyState title="This group has no keys yet." description="Add one above and it becomes available to workflow steps and External Secrets straight away." />}
+                        empty={<EmptyState title="This group has no keys yet." description="Add one above and it becomes available to workflow steps and any API consumer straight away." />}
                     >
                         <Table>
                             <Thead>
diff --git a/web/app/(app)/secrets/page.tsx b/web/app/(app)/secrets/page.tsx
index c7d9d87..7f4a5e4 100644
--- a/web/app/(app)/secrets/page.tsx
+++ b/web/app/(app)/secrets/page.tsx
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export default function SecretsPage() {
         <div>
           <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold text-text-primary">Secrets</h1>
           <p className="mt-1 text-sm text-text-secondary">
-            {groups?.length ?? 0} group{groups?.length !== 1 ? "s" : ""} · encrypted at rest, exposed to Kubernetes via ESO
+            {groups?.length ?? 0} group{groups?.length !== 1 ? "s" : ""} · encrypted at rest, read by workflows, the API, and external consumers
           </p>
         </div>
         <Button variant="primary" onClick={() => setShowNew(true)}>
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export default function SecretsPage() {
           empty={
             <EmptyState
               title="No secret groups yet."
-              description="A group holds related key/value pairs, encrypted at rest, and is read by workflow steps and External Secrets."
+              description="A group holds related key/value pairs, encrypted at rest, and readable by workflow steps, the API, and anything you point at it."
               icon={
                 <svg className="h-6 w-6" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth={1.5} aria-hidden="true">
                   <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" d="M16.5 10.5V6.75a4.5 4.5 0 10-9 0v3.75m-.75 11.25h10.5a2.25 2.25 0 002.25-2.25v-6.75a2.25 2.25 0 00-2.25-2.25H6.75a2.25 2.25 0 00-2.25 2.25v6.75a2.25 2.25 0 002.25 2.25z" />