diff --git a/src/common/messages/LiveSyncProvisionalMessages.ts b/src/common/messages/LiveSyncProvisionalMessages.ts
index 59d7d6cc..825afbcb 100644
--- a/src/common/messages/LiveSyncProvisionalMessages.ts
+++ b/src/common/messages/LiveSyncProvisionalMessages.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
  * remove it from this map in the same change.
  */
 export const liveSyncProvisionalEnglishMessages = {
+    "⚠️ Initialise or overwrite the remote": "⚠️ Initialise or overwrite the remote",
+    "📥 Join this device": "📥 Join this device",
+    "⚙️ Apply settings only (advanced)": "⚙️ Apply settings only (advanced)",
     "Configure TURN when a direct connection cannot be established or when you select TURN relay only.":
         "Configure TURN when a direct connection cannot be established or when you select TURN relay only.",
     "TURN configuration": "TURN configuration",
diff --git a/src/modules/features/SetupWizard/dialogs/OutroAskUserMode.svelte b/src/modules/features/SetupWizard/dialogs/OutroAskUserMode.svelte
index d0ff7492..0dad2b27 100644
--- a/src/modules/features/SetupWizard/dialogs/OutroAskUserMode.svelte
+++ b/src/modules/features/SetupWizard/dialogs/OutroAskUserMode.svelte
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@
 <Instruction>
     <Question>{translateMessage("Please select your situation.")}</Question>
     <Option
-        title={translateMessage(
-            "I am setting up a new server for the first time / I want to reset my existing server."
-        )}
+        title={translateMessage("⚠️ Initialise or overwrite the remote")}
         bind:value={userType}
         selectedValue={TYPE_NEW}
     >
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@
         </InfoNote>
     </Option>
     <Option
-        title={translateMessage("My remote server is already set up. I want to join this device.")}
+        title={translateMessage("📥 Join this device")}
         bind:value={userType}
         selectedValue={TYPE_EXISTING}
     >
@@ -72,9 +70,7 @@
         </InfoNote>
     </Option>
     <Option
-        title={translateMessage(
-            "The remote is already set up, and the configuration is compatible (or got compatible by this operation)."
-        )}
+        title={translateMessage("⚙️ Apply settings only (advanced)")}
         bind:value={userType}
         selectedValue={TYPE_COMPATIBLE_EXISTING}
     >
diff --git a/updates.md b/updates.md
index aec7077d..3de5f4a7 100644
--- a/updates.md
+++ b/updates.md
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ Earlier releases remain available in the 1.0 release history, the 1.0 preview hi
 - We can now keep using an E2EE passphrase beginning with `%` after restarting Obsidian. (#1221)
     - LiveSync encrypts it before saving the settings. If an earlier version saved it in plain text, re-enter the passphrase used to encrypt the existing data after updating. Treat that passphrase as exposed if the affected `data.json` was shared.
 
+### Setup
+
+#### Improved
+
+- We can now distinguish the three Setup URI and QR code choices by their short labels and icons: initialise or overwrite the remote, join this device, or apply settings only.
+
 ## 1.0.32
 
 27th September, 2026