diff --git a/src/features/nearle-admin/import/ImportScope.tsx b/src/features/nearle-admin/import/ImportScope.tsx
index 9cc93bd..1e3d5da 100644
--- a/src/features/nearle-admin/import/ImportScope.tsx
+++ b/src/features/nearle-admin/import/ImportScope.tsx
@@ -169,12 +169,16 @@ export function ImportScope({ value, onChange, isTenantFixed = false }: ImportSc
       />
 
       <Selector
-        label="Category for rows that do not name one"
+        /* "for rows that do not name one" was the old label, and it stopped
+           being true when the sheet stopped carrying a category. No row names
+           one now, so it read as a rare fallback when it is in fact the only
+           source — and a field that looks optional is a field people skip. */
+        label="Category"
         size="sm"
         options={categoryOptions}
         value={value.categoryid ? String(value.categoryid) : ''}
         placeholder={!value.tenantid ? 'Choose a merchant first' : 'Choose a category'}
-        description="A product with no category cannot appear in the customer app at all."
+        description="Applied to every product in the sheet. The customer app browses by category, and one filed without a category cannot be found there at all — which is why this is asked here rather than typed on every row."
         isDisabled={!value.tenantid}
         onChange={(next) => onChange({ ...value, categoryid: Number(next) || undefined })}
       />