diff --git a/packages/webui/src/public/bus.js b/packages/webui/src/public/bus.js
index 15fcdeb21..592e8d205 100644
--- a/packages/webui/src/public/bus.js
+++ b/packages/webui/src/public/bus.js
@@ -258,11 +258,13 @@
   // 10 s refresh redraws the form without losing it. Nothing resends: an unknown outcome stays
   // unknown and the draft stays put.
   // Row 81 (#1575): a sent receipt lists the replies to that message, read with `replies` on each
-  // render. That read marks nothing, so every reply still reaches the next `mosaic talk`.
+  // render. That read marks nothing. Row 150 (#1644): since row 142, `mosaic talk` prints only the
+  // reply to its own message, so a reply to a Console send stays unread in `mosaic inbox` until
+  // the human marks it read with `mosaic inbox --read`.
   let canSend = false, sendRoles = null, sending = false, receipt = null, replies = [];
   const REPLIES = 50; // the broker's cap
   function repliesHtml() {
-    if (replies === null) return '<p class="small warn">The replies to it could not be read. Read again to retry; <code>mosaic talk</code> in a terminal prints them.</p>';
+    if (replies === null) return '<p class="small warn">The replies to it could not be read. Read again to retry; <code>mosaic inbox</code> in a terminal lists them.</p>';
     if (!replies.length) return '<p class="small muted">No reply yet. One shows here when the role answers, as the page refreshes.</p>';
     return `<h3 class="small">Replies <span class="count">${replies.length}</span></h3><ol class="s1-plain s1-replies">${replies.map(m => `<li><p class="small muted">${txt(m.from_role)} ${when(m.at)} · ${txt(m.class)} · <a href="#/trail/message/${enc(m.id)}">trail</a></p><p class="s1-q">${txt(m.body)}</p></li>`).join('')}</ol>${replies.length >= REPLIES ? `<p class="small muted">The first ${REPLIES} replies show here.</p>` : ''}`;
   }
@@ -277,7 +279,7 @@
         ? `<p class="receipt failed">Not sent to ${txt(r.to)}: ${txt(r.message)}${r.message.includes(`(${r.code})`) ? '' : ` (<code>${txt(r.code)}</code>)`}. The draft is kept.</p>`
         : `<p class="receipt failed">Outcome unknown: the message to ${txt(r.to)} may have been sent. Nothing was sent again, and the draft is kept. The bus gave no message id, so there is no trail to link: before sending again, look for it on the role's side or in the bus trail from a terminal.</p>`;
     return `<section class="panel s1-send" id="send-section" aria-labelledby="b-send"><h2 id="b-send">Message a role</h2>
-      <p class="small muted">Goes to the role as a message from the human, the same way as one sent from the CLI, with class INFO. Replies to it show under the receipt. The Console only shows them and never marks one delivered or read, so the next <code>mosaic talk</code> in a terminal still prints each one.</p>
+      <p class="small muted">Goes to the role as a message from the human, the same way as one sent from the CLI, with class INFO. Replies to it show under the receipt. The Console never marks one read, so each stays unread in <code>mosaic inbox</code> in a terminal until you mark it read with <code>mosaic inbox --read</code>.</p>
       ${roles === null ? '<p class="small warn">The held roles could not be read, so there is nothing to pick. Read again to retry.</p>' : !roles.length ? '<p class="small muted">No role is held right now, so there is nothing to pick.</p>' : ''}
       <form id="send-form" class="reply-form" novalidate><label for="send-to">To</label><select id="send-to" data-field="to"><option value="">Choose a held role</option>${options}</select>
       <label for="send-body">Message</label><textarea id="send-body" data-field="body" rows="4" placeholder="What should the role do?">${esc(draft.body)}</textarea>