diff --git a/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js b/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
index 144c86db..71f4e9ba 100644
--- a/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
+++ b/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
@@ -2621,9 +2621,12 @@ import {
 
   function renderEmptyState() {
     var examples = pickExamples();
+    // The same words as the page's own empty state in assistant.html: this
+    // re-render used to swap "Pediatric Clinical Assistant" for a different
+    // heading the moment the starters arrived.
     return '<div class="assistant-empty"><i class="fas fa-book-medical"></i>' +
-      '<h3>Evidence-first pediatric assistant</h3>' +
-      '<p>Ask a real clinical question. Citations stay linked to the source cards on the right.</p>' +
+      '<h3>Pediatric Clinical Assistant</h3>' +
+      '<p class="assistant-empty-badge"><i class="fas fa-book-medical"></i> Answers built only from your indexed library</p>' +
       '<div class="assistant-examples">' + examples.map(function (item) {
         var source = item.sourceTitle ? (' title="Available from: ' + escapeAttr(item.sourceTitle + (item.page ? ', page ' + item.page : '')) + '"') : '';
         // The question itself, not a two-word label: "Status asthma escalation"