diff --git a/.github/workflows/self-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/self-labels.yml
index 1b4d0df..272f429 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/self-labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/self-labels.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ on:
   # check_suite/check_run/workflow_run), a blocker:conflict when ANOTHER PR
   # merges under this one, and the time-based stale / 48h claim-reclaim. The
   # events below carry the rest in seconds. Hourly trades ≤1h of latency on
-  # those four for one full-board sweep at GitHub's 1-minute billing floor. If
-  # another engine writes some of those transitions, only the classes with no
-  # other writer bound the cadence; relax it only as that list shrinks.
+  # those four while cutting nominal scheduled sweeps from four an hour to one
+  # at GitHub's 1-minute billing floor. Do not delete the cron: it is their
+  # discovery path. If another engine writes some of those transitions, only
+  # the classes with no other writer bound the cadence; relax it only as that
+  # list shrinks.
   schedule: [{cron: "0 * * * *"}]
   # A manual full-board sweep, including taxonomy bootstrap on a fresh repo.
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/LABELS.md b/LABELS.md
index 5421484..8eba639 100644
--- a/LABELS.md
+++ b/LABELS.md
@@ -212,10 +212,13 @@ on a PR would say the same thing twice and drift.
 
 ## Maintenance
 
-The labels workflow (issue #10) recomputes PR state statelessly on PR events
-plus a 15-minute advisory cron, and bootstraps this taxonomy idempotently on
-manual dispatch. The sweep warns when the core taxonomy declares a label the
-repository lacks. The same workflow reconciles issue-flow labels on issue
+The labels workflow (issue #10) recomputes PR state statelessly on subscribed
+events plus a consumer-owned scheduled discovery sweep. Hourly is the
+recommended default when no other engine drives board state; relax it only as
+the transition classes with no other writer shrink. Manual dispatch both
+bootstraps this taxonomy idempotently and runs the operator's on-demand
+full-board reconcile. The sweep warns when the core taxonomy declares a label
+the repository lacks. The same workflow reconciles issue-flow labels on issue
 events and during the scheduled sweep. Default GitHub labels (`duplicate`,
 `invalid`, `question`, `wontfix`, `help wanted`, `good first issue`) are
 deleted at bootstrap — a `question` is a discussion, not an issue.
diff --git a/docs/CONSUMERS.md b/docs/CONSUMERS.md
index ad1abf0..eaac5c1 100644
--- a/docs/CONSUMERS.md
+++ b/docs/CONSUMERS.md
@@ -303,9 +303,11 @@ on:
   # pull_request_review trigger), blocker:ci-red set/cleared, blocker:conflict
   # when another PR merges under this one, and time-based stale / 48h
   # claim-reclaim. Events below carry the rest in seconds. Hourly trades ≤1h of
-  # latency on those four for one full-board sweep at GitHub's 1-minute floor.
-  # If another engine writes some of those transitions, only the classes with
-  # no other writer bound the cadence; relax it only as that list shrinks.
+  # latency on those four while cutting nominal scheduled sweeps from four an
+  # hour to one at GitHub's 1-minute floor. Do not delete the cron: it is their
+  # discovery path. If another engine writes some of those transitions, only
+  # the classes with no other writer bound the cadence; relax it only as that
+  # list shrinks.
   schedule: [{cron: "0 * * * *"}]
   # A manual full-board sweep, including taxonomy bootstrap on a fresh repo.
   workflow_dispatch: