diff --git a/desktop/CHANGELOG.json b/desktop/CHANGELOG.json
index cb829c6c08..6cc1762292 100644
--- a/desktop/CHANGELOG.json
+++ b/desktop/CHANGELOG.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "unreleased": [
-    "Fixed editing a conversation title not saving"
+    "Fixed editing a conversation title not saving",
+    "Fixed misleading \"recordings aren't lost\" copy on the monthly-limit popup when the menu-bar Screen Capture or Audio Recording toggle was the trigger"
   ],
   "releases": [
     {
diff --git a/desktop/Desktop/Sources/UsageLimitPopupView.swift b/desktop/Desktop/Sources/UsageLimitPopupView.swift
index ceb65558f1..7d582b08c6 100644
--- a/desktop/Desktop/Sources/UsageLimitPopupView.swift
+++ b/desktop/Desktop/Sources/UsageLimitPopupView.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ struct UsageLimitPopupView: View {
     case "chat", "floating_bar":
       return "You've hit your monthly limit. Upgrade to keep chatting with Omi without restrictions."
     default:
-      return "You've hit your monthly limit. Upgrade to make sure your new recordings aren't lost."
+      // Covers "trial_expired" (menu-bar toggles in OmiApp.swift) and any
+      // future caller. The previous default copy talked about recordings,
+      // which was misleading for grandfathered Neo users whose listening
+      // was never actually at risk — they were tripping a stale
+      // isPaywalled flag (now self-healed by #7517) while at their chat
+      // cap, and the recording-loss wording read as a data-loss threat.
+      return "You've hit your monthly limit. Upgrade to keep using Omi without restrictions."
     }
   }