diff --git a/.github/workflows/cifp-cycle-watch.yml b/.github/workflows/cifp-cycle-watch.yml
index e0b9d5d..536f309 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cifp-cycle-watch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cifp-cycle-watch.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ name: CIFP Cycle Watch
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: "0 16 * * *"
+    # Mondays. The FAA posts a cycle about three weeks ahead, so a weekly poll finds it within a week
+    # and still has two weeks of margin before the overdue alert.
+    - cron: "0 16 * * 1"
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       cycle:
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # Publication runs about three weeks ahead, so a cycle still missing two weeks out means
           # the FAA slipped or the URL shape changed - either of which otherwise looks like an
-          # ordinary quiet day. A hand-requested cycle is exempt: asking for an expired one is fair.
+          # ordinary quiet poll. A hand-requested cycle is exempt: asking for an expired one is fair.
           if [ "$available" != "true" ] && [ "$days_out" -le 14 ] && [ -z "$REQUESTED" ]; then
             overdue=true
           else
@@ -329,7 +331,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload the report
         # Uploaded before anything reads it, and on failure too: this artifact is also the record
-        # that the cycle was checked, so a broken cycle is reported once rather than every day.
+        # that the cycle was checked, so a broken cycle is reported once rather than on every poll.
         if: always() && steps.parse.outcome != 'skipped'
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7.0.2
         with: