diff --git a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-execution-input.test.ts b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-execution-input.test.ts
index 24079be1cd1..bfe598f8fce 100644
--- a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-execution-input.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-execution-input.test.ts
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ describe("native execution input external-chat framing", () => {
       runtimeContext: nativeRuntimeContextFixture(),
     });
     expect(input.task.prompt).not.toContain("## Questions that need a user response");
-    expect(input.task.prompt).toContain("Use Paperclip's request_human_input for user questions");
+    expect(input.task.prompt).toContain("Use Paperclip's request_human_input for durable task questions.");
     expect(input.task.prompt).not.toContain("payload.questionSet");
   });
 
diff --git a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-execution-input.ts b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-execution-input.ts
index 5b0f2b1f494..27bdf5c082c 100644
--- a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-execution-input.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-execution-input.ts
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ export function buildNativeExecutionInput(input: {
     isPaperclipExternalChatQuestionResponseTurn(wakePayload);
   const taskPrompt = [
     wakePrompt,
-    // Provider-local elicitation can wait without creating a Paperclip card.
+    // Durable task questions must survive the current provider turn.
     // Keep routing visible before deferred tool discovery; usage belongs in the tool schema.
-    "Use Paperclip's request_human_input for user questions; provider-local question tools do not reach the Paperclip UI.",
+    "Use Paperclip's request_human_input for durable task questions.",
     externalChatTurn && wake?.externalChatProvider === "github"
       ? NATIVE_GITHUB_ATTACHMENT_RECOVERY_GUIDANCE
       : "",