diff --git a/packages/webapp/src/files/TemplateConnectionsSection.tsx b/packages/webapp/src/files/TemplateConnectionsSection.tsx
index bbac7132..e0863fee 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/src/files/TemplateConnectionsSection.tsx
+++ b/packages/webapp/src/files/TemplateConnectionsSection.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ export function TemplateConnectionsSection({
         const chosen = templateConnections.get(entry.id) ?? null;
         const configured = orgCredentialFor(orgConnections, entry.id);
         const wantsOrgConfig = chosen !== null && entry.adminForm !== null;
+        // A provider with no admin form has no org-key path at all, so every
+        // branch below — which all hang off wantsOrgConfig — used to skip it.
+        // Selecting Google Workspace, Linear or YouTrack therefore produced a
+        // bare checkbox that explained nothing. They are member-authorized, so
+        // say that, in the sentence the org-key providers already use.
+        const memberOnly = chosen !== null && entry.adminForm === null;
         // A provider members can authorize themselves — OAuth or a token
         // paste — is usable without any org credential, so its admin form is
         // an offer, never a gate.
@@ -135,6 +141,11 @@ export function TemplateConnectionsSection({
                 Without an org key, members sign in to {entry.title} themselves.
               </p>
             )}
+            {memberOnly && (
+              <p className="tplf-connection-note">
+                Members sign in to {entry.title} themselves.
+              </p>
+            )}
             {wantsOrgConfig && !admin && !configured && (
               memberPath ? (
                 <p className="tplf-connection-note">
diff --git a/packages/webapp/src/files/TemplateRepoPicker.tsx b/packages/webapp/src/files/TemplateRepoPicker.tsx
index 4410e957..c6b08ca8 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/src/files/TemplateRepoPicker.tsx
+++ b/packages/webapp/src/files/TemplateRepoPicker.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function TemplateRepoPicker({
     return (
       <p className="tplf-repos-hint">
         {admin
-          ? 'Set up GitHub above first. Repos show up here when it saves.'
+          ? 'Connect GitHub above first. Repos show up here when it saves.'
           : 'Ask an admin to set up GitHub above. Repos show up here after that.'}
       </p>
     );
diff --git a/packages/webapp/test/template-screen.test.tsx b/packages/webapp/test/template-screen.test.tsx
index 707ab5e9..5939a5d3 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/test/template-screen.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/webapp/test/template-screen.test.tsx
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ describe('template screen org-credential config', () => {
     await view.unmount();
   });
 
-  it('keeps per-member providers as plain checkboxes with no admin form', async () => {
+  it('explains a per-member provider when it is picked, with no admin form', async () => {
     connectionsStub();
     const view = await render(
       <CreateTemplateScreen
@@ -1675,10 +1675,14 @@ describe('template screen org-credential config', () => {
     await settle();
     await tick(view, 'YouTrack');
     // YouTrack is per-member PAT: the template names it, the member pastes
-    // inside the workspace. No org form, no ask-your-admin note.
+    // inside the workspace. No org form, no ask-your-admin note. It still owes
+    // the picker one line saying so — a provider with no admin form used to
+    // render a bare checkbox that explained nothing.
     expect(view.container.querySelector('.tplf-connections input[name="root"]')).toBeNull();
     expect(view.container.querySelector('.tplf-connections')?.textContent)
       .not.toContain('Ask an organization admin');
+    expect(view.container.querySelector('.tplf-connections')?.textContent)
+      .toContain('Members sign in to YouTrack themselves.');
     await view.unmount();
   });
 
@@ -1719,7 +1723,7 @@ describe('template screen org-credential config', () => {
       />,
     );
     await settle();
-    expect(view.container.textContent).toContain('Set up GitHub above first');
+    expect(view.container.textContent).toContain('Connect GitHub above first');
     expect(view.container.querySelector('input[aria-label="Filter repositories"]')).toBeNull();
 
     await tick(view, 'GitHub');