diff --git a/scripts/render_audit.py b/scripts/render_audit.py
index 052f72f..119f5b0 100644
--- a/scripts/render_audit.py
+++ b/scripts/render_audit.py
@@ -462,29 +462,32 @@ def render_index(audit: dict) -> str:
 <header class="doc">
 <p class="eyebrow">QuantEcon · generated data audit · Python lecture family</p>
 <h1>Lecture data — audit &amp; migration dashboard</h1>
-<p class="meta">Every dataset referenced by lecture source across the 8 synced Python-family repos,
+<p class="meta">Every dataset referenced by lecture source across the {len(audit["repos"])} synced Python-family repos,
 regenerated from each repo's <code>main</code> by
 <a href="{DL}/blob/main/scripts/build_audit.py">a script</a> — not maintained by hand.
 Companion to the migration of lecture data into
 <a href="{DL}">QuantEcon/data-lectures</a>.</p>
 <span id="freshness" class="freshness" data-generated="{esc(audit["generated"])}"
-title="Rebuilt on every change to data-lectures and weekly on schedule — a badge older than a week means the scheduled rebuild has stopped.">
-● generated {esc(audit["generated"])}</span>
+title="Every build re-runs the full audit scan across the {len(audit["repos"])} lecture repos — this date IS the last audit run. It runs on every change to data-lectures, weekly on schedule, and on demand; a badge older than a week means the scheduled run has stopped succeeding.">
+● audit ran {esc(audit["generated"])}</span>
 <script>
 (function () {{
   var el = document.getElementById('freshness');
   var gen = new Date(el.dataset.generated + 'T00:00:00Z');
+  // Full calendar days since the (date-only, midnight-UTC) run stamp —
+  // deliberately floored. Raw-ms thresholds would flip the badge orange
+  // every Monday between 00:00 UTC and the 05:17 cron completing.
   var days = Math.floor((Date.now() - gen.getTime()) / 86400000);
   if (isNaN(days)) return;
   var age = days <= 0 ? 'today' : days === 1 ? 'yesterday' : days + ' days ago';
   if (days > 14) {{
     el.classList.add('crit');
-    el.textContent = '✗ stale — last updated ' + age + ' (' + el.dataset.generated + '); the scheduled rebuild has stopped';
+    el.textContent = '✗ audit stale — last ran ' + age + ' (' + el.dataset.generated + '); scheduled runs have stopped succeeding';
   }} else if (days > 7) {{
     el.classList.add('warn');
-    el.textContent = '⚠ last updated ' + age + ' (' + el.dataset.generated + ') — the weekly rebuild is overdue';
+    el.textContent = '⚠ audit last ran ' + age + ' (' + el.dataset.generated + ') — the weekly run is overdue';
   }} else {{
-    el.textContent = '● up to date — last updated ' + age + ' (' + el.dataset.generated + ')';
+    el.textContent = '● audit up to date — last ran ' + age + ' (' + el.dataset.generated + ')';
   }}
 }})();
 </script>
@@ -1104,7 +1107,7 @@ def render_audit_page(audit: dict) -> str:
 <header class="doc">
 <p class="eyebrow">Full audit · regenerated from each repo's <code>main</code></p>
 <h1>Dataset registry — Python lecture family</h1>
-<p class="meta">Every dataset referenced by lecture source across the 8 synced repos.
+<p class="meta">Every dataset referenced by lecture source across the {len(audit["repos"])} synced repos.
 The successor to the hand-built {PREV_SNAPSHOT} audit — same taxonomy, now generated.</p>
 </header>
 <div class="stats">