diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/frontend-primitives.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/frontend-primitives.md
index bddb767a1..3ff3c6921 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/frontend-primitives.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/frontend-primitives.md
@@ -1354,7 +1354,10 @@ of the product.
 Secondary disclosures such as telemetry must stay subordinate to that
 orientation job: keep them as footer-level links into the canonical
 privacy/settings surfaces, and do not let them crowd out the migration
-wayfinding copy.
+wayfinding copy. The supporting docs CTA on that surface should likewise stay
+route-oriented: use a neutral `Navigation guide` label and plain present-tense
+copy that helps operators understand the current IA, rather than reviving
+`Migration guide` branding that pulls the tour back into v5 historical framing.
 That state owner now also owns public-demo suppression: the modal must stay
 closed until `sessionPresentationPolicyResolved()` is true and must fail closed
 when `presentationPolicyIsDemoMode()` resolves true, so the public demo does
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/WhatsNewModal.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/WhatsNewModal.test.tsx
index ea13235d3..571a75fcc 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/WhatsNewModal.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/__tests__/WhatsNewModal.test.tsx
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ describe('WhatsNewModal', () => {
     const dialog = await screen.findByRole('dialog', { name: 'Welcome to Pulse v6' });
     expect(dialog).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(within(dialog).getByText('Step 1 of 5')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(within(dialog).getByText('V5 to V6')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(within(dialog).getByText(/overview for health, alerts, capacity/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(within(dialog).getByText('Quick Tour')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(within(dialog).getByText(/Start here for health, alerts, capacity/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(within(dialog).queryByText('Where Things Moved')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(within(dialog).getByRole('link', { name: 'Migration guide' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(within(dialog).getByRole('link', { name: 'Navigation guide' })).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(within(dialog).getByRole('link', { name: 'Telemetry details' })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
@@ -128,33 +128,33 @@ describe('WhatsNewModal', () => {
   it('advances through the guided tour and finishes on the last step', async () => {
     render(() => <WhatsNewModal />);
 
-    expect(await screen.findByText(/overview for health, alerts, capacity/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(await screen.findByText(/Start here for health, alerts, capacity/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next' }));
-    expect(await screen.findByText(/Systems live here: nodes, hosts, clusters/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(await screen.findByText(/Use this for nodes, hosts, clusters/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next' }));
-    expect(await screen.findByText(/If you looked for guests in v5/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(await screen.findByText(/Use this for VMs, containers, and pods/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next' }));
-    expect(await screen.findByText(/Datastores, pools, disks, and capacity live here/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(await screen.findByText(/Use this for datastores, pools, disks, and capacity/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next' }));
-    expect(await screen.findByText(/Backups, snapshots, and replication live here/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(await screen.findByText(/Use this for backups, snapshots, and replication/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Done' })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it('lets the user jump to a tour stop directly from the stop map', async () => {
     render(() => <WhatsNewModal />);
 
-    expect(await screen.findByText(/overview for health, alerts, capacity/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(await screen.findByText(/Start here for health, alerts, capacity/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
 
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Workloads/i }));
 
-    expect(await screen.findByText(/If you looked for guests in v5/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(await screen.findByText(/Use this for VMs, containers, and pods/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('Step 3 of 5')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('routes the docs CTA through the migration guide', async () => {
+  it('routes the docs CTA through the navigation guide', async () => {
     render(() => <WhatsNewModal />);
 
-    const docsLink = await screen.findByRole('link', { name: 'Migration guide' });
+    const docsLink = await screen.findByRole('link', { name: 'Navigation guide' });
     expect(docsLink).toHaveAttribute('href', '/docs/MIGRATION_UNIFIED_NAV.md');
   });
 });
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/whatsNewModalModel.ts b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/whatsNewModalModel.ts
index af4fd6342..94fb79bed 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/whatsNewModalModel.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/shared/whatsNewModalModel.ts
@@ -14,47 +14,47 @@ export const WHATS_NEW_PRIVACY_URL = PRIVACY_DOC_URL;
 export const WHATS_NEW_FEATURE_CARDS: WhatsNewFeatureCard[] = [
   {
     accent: 'border-indigo-200 bg-indigo-50 dark:border-indigo-800 dark:bg-indigo-900',
-    description: 'Your new overview for health, alerts, capacity, and recent activity.',
+    description: 'Start here for health, alerts, capacity, and recent activity.',
     icon: 'dashboard',
     target: 'dashboard',
     title: 'Dashboard',
   },
   {
     accent: 'border-blue-200 bg-blue-50 dark:border-blue-800 dark:bg-blue-900',
-    description: 'Systems live here: nodes, hosts, clusters, and other platform roots.',
+    description: 'Use this for nodes, hosts, clusters, and other platform roots.',
     icon: 'infrastructure',
     target: 'infrastructure',
     title: 'Infrastructure',
   },
   {
     accent: 'border-purple-200 bg-purple-50 dark:border-purple-800 dark:bg-purple-900',
-    description: 'VMs, containers, and pods live here. If you looked for guests in v5, start here.',
+    description: 'Use this for VMs, containers, and pods.',
     icon: 'workloads',
     target: 'workloads',
     title: 'Workloads',
   },
   {
     accent: 'border-emerald-200 bg-emerald-50 dark:border-emerald-800 dark:bg-emerald-900',
-    description: 'Datastores, pools, disks, and capacity live here across platforms.',
+    description: 'Use this for datastores, pools, disks, and capacity.',
     icon: 'storage',
     target: 'storage',
     title: 'Storage',
   },
   {
     accent: 'border-amber-200 bg-amber-50 dark:border-amber-800 dark:bg-amber-900',
-    description: 'Backups, snapshots, and replication live here.',
+    description: 'Use this for backups, snapshots, and replication.',
     icon: 'recovery',
     target: 'recovery',
     title: 'Recovery',
   },
 ];
 
-export const WHATS_NEW_KICKER_LABEL = 'V5 to V6';
+export const WHATS_NEW_KICKER_LABEL = 'Quick Tour';
 export const WHATS_NEW_TITLE = 'Welcome to Pulse v6';
 export const WHATS_NEW_PROGRESS_PREFIX = 'Step';
 export const WHATS_NEW_BACK_LABEL = 'Back';
 export const WHATS_NEW_CLOSE_LABEL = 'Close';
-export const WHATS_NEW_DOCS_LABEL = 'Migration guide';
+export const WHATS_NEW_DOCS_LABEL = 'Navigation guide';
 export const WHATS_NEW_DO_NOT_SHOW_LABEL = "Don't show again";
 export const WHATS_NEW_NEXT_LABEL = 'Next';
 export const WHATS_NEW_PRIMARY_ACTION_LABEL = 'Done';
diff --git a/tests/integration/tests/19-telemetry-disclosure.spec.ts b/tests/integration/tests/19-telemetry-disclosure.spec.ts
index cc36b72e1..d61ad9e29 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tests/19-telemetry-disclosure.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/tests/19-telemetry-disclosure.spec.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ test.describe('Telemetry disclosure', () => {
       .not.toBe(initialPreview.install_id);
   });
 
-  test('whats-new tour opens shipped privacy and migration guide pages', async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
+  test('whats-new tour opens shipped privacy and navigation guide pages', async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
     test.skip(testInfo.project.name.startsWith('mobile-'), 'Desktop-only telemetry disclosure coverage');
 
     await page.addInitScript(() => {
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@ test.describe('Telemetry disclosure', () => {
     );
     await expect(dialog).toHaveAttribute('aria-label', 'Welcome to Pulse v6');
     await expect(dialog.getByText('Step 1 of 5')).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(dialog.getByText('V5 to V6')).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(dialog.getByText('Quick Tour')).toBeVisible();
     await expect(assistantLauncher).toBeHidden();
     await expect(spotlight).toHaveAttribute('data-tour-step', 'dashboard');
     await expect(dialog).toHaveAttribute('data-tour-step', 'dashboard');
     await expectSpotlightAround(spotlight, dashboardTab);
-    await expect(dialog.getByText(/overview for health, alerts, capacity/i)).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(dialog.getByText(/Start here for health, alerts, capacity/i)).toBeVisible();
     await expect(dialog.getByRole('link', { name: 'Telemetry details' })).toBeVisible();
 
     const privacyLink = dialog.getByRole('link', { name: 'Telemetry details' });
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ test.describe('Telemetry disclosure', () => {
       'Pulse currently has two usage-data scopes',
     );
 
-    const docsLink = dialog.getByRole('link', { name: 'Migration guide' });
+    const docsLink = dialog.getByRole('link', { name: 'Navigation guide' });
     await expect(docsLink).toHaveAttribute('href', '/docs/MIGRATION_UNIFIED_NAV.md');
     await expectPopupDoc(
       page,