diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-list-v2-items.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-list-v2-items.tsx
index 84e9494759cad..60700024c3540 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-list-v2-items.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-list-v2-items.tsx
@@ -876,12 +876,12 @@ export const ThreadListV2Row = memo(function ThreadListV2Row(props: {
               subactions: [
                 {
                   id: "auto-settle:enabled",
-                  title: "Enabled",
+                  title: "Follow settings",
                   state: thread.autoSettleDisabledAt == null ? "on" : "off",
                 },
                 {
                   id: "auto-settle:disabled",
-                  title: "Disabled",
+                  title: "Never",
                   state: thread.autoSettleDisabledAt == null ? "off" : "on",
                 },
               ],
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/threadActionMenu.logic.ts b/apps/web/src/components/threadActionMenu.logic.ts
index ac4ef649ed07c..36913c70c52bb 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/threadActionMenu.logic.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/threadActionMenu.logic.ts
@@ -211,12 +211,12 @@ export function buildThreadActionMenuItems(
             children: [
               {
                 id: "auto-settle:enabled" as const,
-                label: "Enabled",
+                label: "Follow settings",
                 checked: state.autoSettleEnabled,
               },
               {
                 id: "auto-settle:disabled" as const,
-                label: "Disabled",
+                label: "Never",
                 checked: !state.autoSettleEnabled,
               },
             ],
diff --git a/docs/user/thread-sidebar.md b/docs/user/thread-sidebar.md
index bed4ed73a40c5..013ba712b6da8 100644
--- a/docs/user/thread-sidebar.md
+++ b/docs/user/thread-sidebar.md
@@ -189,9 +189,10 @@ resumed after it closed. Only your own messages count as resuming. A turn that
 finished background work or a pull request watch starts on its own does not.
 
 To keep one thread out of the settled shelf no matter how long it sits idle, open its menu,
-choose **Auto-settle behavior**, and pick **Disabled**. The current option is checked. Pick
-**Enabled** to return to the usual rules. Manual settle, snooze, and archive still work while it
-is disabled.
+choose **Auto-settle behavior**, and pick **Never**. The current option is checked. Pick
+**Follow settings** to return to the rules in **Settings → Threads**. While those rules are off,
+a thread on **Follow settings** does not settle automatically either. Manual settle, snooze, and
+archive still work while it is set to **Never**.
 
 Change these rules in **Settings → Threads**.
 They continue to run when your apps are closed. On web and desktop, choose an environment at the