diff --git a/context-restore/SKILL.md b/context-restore/SKILL.md
index f937eefb7..2cfcc402f 100644
--- a/context-restore/SKILL.md
+++ b/context-restore/SKILL.md
@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ fi
   under **Verify first**: the saving session could not know about those commits,
   so any step may already be done.
 - `HEAD_DIVERGED` or `HEAD_UNKNOWN`: print `This checkpoint was saved at {first 7
-  characters of head}, which is not in this checkout's history (rebased, reset, or
-  not fetched).` and list every item under Verify first.
+  characters of head}, which is not in this checkout's history (saved on another
+  branch, rebased, reset, or not fetched).` and list every item under Verify first.
 - `HEAD_UNTRACKED`: print `This checkpoint predates commit tracking; restore cannot tell whether work landed after it.`
   and sort as usual.
 
diff --git a/context-restore/SKILL.md.tmpl b/context-restore/SKILL.md.tmpl
index 4c5f2dd1d..0f4d974ec 100644
--- a/context-restore/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/context-restore/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ fi
   under **Verify first**: the saving session could not know about those commits,
   so any step may already be done.
 - `HEAD_DIVERGED` or `HEAD_UNKNOWN`: print `This checkpoint was saved at {first 7
-  characters of head}, which is not in this checkout's history (rebased, reset, or
-  not fetched).` and list every item under Verify first.
+  characters of head}, which is not in this checkout's history (saved on another
+  branch, rebased, reset, or not fetched).` and list every item under Verify first.
 - `HEAD_UNTRACKED`: print `This checkpoint predates commit tracking; restore cannot tell whether work landed after it.`
   and sort as usual.
 
diff --git a/test/context-restore-head.test.ts b/test/context-restore-head.test.ts
index 8e855e786..7365cb039 100644
--- a/test/context-restore-head.test.ts
+++ b/test/context-restore-head.test.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,18 @@ describe('context-restore compares the checkpoint with HEAD', () => {
     expect(headCheck(app, file)).toStartWith('HEAD_DIVERGED ');
   });
 
+  test('a checkpoint resumed from another branch is reported, and the prompt names that cause', () => {
+    const app = repo();
+    git(app, 'checkout', '-q', '-b', 'feature');
+    commit(app, 'feature work');
+    const file = save(app);
+    git(app, 'checkout', '-q', 'main');
+    commit(app, 'unrelated main work');
+    expect(headCheck(app, file)).toStartWith('HEAD_DIVERGED ');
+    const restore = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'context-restore/SKILL.md'), 'utf-8');
+    expect(restore).toContain('(saved on another\n  branch, rebased, reset, or not fetched)');
+  });
+
   test('checkpoints saved before head tracking, or with a malformed head, are never treated as current', () => {
     const app = repo();
     const legacy = path.join(tmp, 'legacy.md');