diff --git a/packages/junior-dashboard/e2e/review-desk.spec.ts b/packages/junior-dashboard/e2e/review-desk.spec.ts
index d52e4bfe58..250125306d 100644
--- a/packages/junior-dashboard/e2e/review-desk.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/junior-dashboard/e2e/review-desk.spec.ts
@@ -160,10 +160,16 @@ test("each review item gets a fresh answer form", async ({
     detail.getByRole("heading", { name: license.title }),
   ).toBeVisible();
   await detail.getByRole("radio", { name: "Reject" }).click();
+  await expect(detail.getByText("1 of 2 answered")).toBeVisible();
+  // The note goes with the picked answer. It must not replace it.
+  await detail.getByLabel("Anything else?").fill("Ask legal first.");
   await detail.getByRole("button", { name: "Send" }).click();
   await expect.poll(() => actions.length).toBe(2);
   expect(actions[1]).toMatchObject({
-    body: { action: "submit", answer: { values: { decision: ["Reject"] } } },
+    body: {
+      action: "submit",
+      answer: { other: "Ask legal first.", values: { decision: ["Reject"] } },
+    },
     id: license.id,
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/junior-dashboard/src/client/components/UserInputForm.tsx b/packages/junior-dashboard/src/client/components/UserInputForm.tsx
index 18b9cfc380..0c60998dae 100644
--- a/packages/junior-dashboard/src/client/components/UserInputForm.tsx
+++ b/packages/junior-dashboard/src/client/components/UserInputForm.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   buttonUserInputField,
   isEmptyUserInputAnswer,
   normalizeUserInputAnswer,
+  USER_INPUT_NOTE,
   type UserInputAnswer,
   type UserInputField,
   type UserInputRequest,
@@ -41,9 +42,13 @@ function ChoiceField(props: {
 }) {
   const id = useId();
   const { field } = props;
+  // Say how many choices count, so a reader knows when a field is done.
   const legend = (
     <legend className="mb-2 p-0 text-sm font-semibold text-dashboard-text">
       {field.label}
+      <span className="ml-2 text-xs font-normal text-dashboard-text-muted">
+        {field.kind === "choice" ? "Pick one" : "Pick any"}
+      </span>
     </legend>
   );
   const description = field.description ? (
@@ -179,11 +184,12 @@ export function UserInputForm(props: {
     requestId: props.requestId,
     values,
   };
+  const normalized = normalizeUserInputAnswer(props.request, answer);
+  const answeredCount = Object.keys(normalized.values).length;
+  const fieldCount = props.request.fields.length;
   function submit(event: FormEvent) {
     event.preventDefault();
-    if (
-      !isEmptyUserInputAnswer(normalizeUserInputAnswer(props.request, answer))
-    ) {
+    if (!isEmptyUserInputAnswer(normalized)) {
       void send(answer);
     }
   }
@@ -259,9 +265,9 @@ export function UserInputForm(props: {
           )}
           <TextField
             className="min-h-16"
-            description="Optional. Anything else, or an answer that is not listed."
+            description={USER_INPUT_NOTE.description}
             disabled={sending}
-            label="Other"
+            label={USER_INPUT_NOTE.label}
             onChange={setOther}
             value={other}
           />
@@ -269,6 +275,14 @@ export function UserInputForm(props: {
             <Button disabled={sending} type="submit" variant="primary">
               Send
             </Button>
+            {fieldCount > 1 ? (
+              <span
+                aria-live="polite"
+                className="text-xs text-dashboard-text-muted"
+              >
+                {answeredCount} of {fieldCount} answered
+              </span>
+            ) : null}
             {secondary}
           </div>
         </form>
diff --git a/packages/junior-dashboard/src/client/review-desk/ConversationReviewBar.tsx b/packages/junior-dashboard/src/client/review-desk/ConversationReviewBar.tsx
index 3a72a5007d..612d78b2e1 100644
--- a/packages/junior-dashboard/src/client/review-desk/ConversationReviewBar.tsx
+++ b/packages/junior-dashboard/src/client/review-desk/ConversationReviewBar.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export function ConversationReviewBar(props: { conversationId: string }) {
           label="Review items"
           onClose={() => setOpen(false)}
           openKey={props.conversationId}
-          width="narrow"
         >
           <div className="grid gap-3">
             {items.map((item) => (
diff --git a/packages/junior/src/api/schema.ts b/packages/junior/src/api/schema.ts
index 8512db7421..2568e4bb19 100644
--- a/packages/junior/src/api/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/junior/src/api/schema.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export {
   buttonUserInputField,
   isEmptyUserInputAnswer,
   normalizeUserInputAnswer,
+  USER_INPUT_NOTE,
 } from "../chat/tools/runtime/user-input-request";
 export type {
   UserInputAnswer,
diff --git a/packages/junior/src/chat/slack/user-input.ts b/packages/junior/src/chat/slack/user-input.ts
index 551aec4e6b..047b2662a5 100644
--- a/packages/junior/src/chat/slack/user-input.ts
+++ b/packages/junior/src/chat/slack/user-input.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   buttonUserInputField,
   normalizeUserInputAnswer,
   USER_INPUT_LIMITS,
+  USER_INPUT_NOTE,
   type UserInputAnswer,
   type UserInputRequest,
 } from "@/chat/tools/runtime/user-input-request";
@@ -67,8 +68,8 @@ function toOption(option: {
 
 /**
  * Render a request as a Slack modal form: one input for each field and one
- * optional Other text input. Every input is optional, so a person can answer
- * with free text only. `callbackId` and `privateMetadata` tell the submit
+ * optional note input that goes with the answers. Every input is optional,
+ * so a person can answer with free text only. `callbackId` and `privateMetadata` tell the submit
  * handler what the form answers.
  */
 export function buildSlackUserInputForm(
@@ -113,9 +114,9 @@ export function buildSlackUserInputForm(
       {
         type: "input",
         block_id: OTHER_BLOCK_ID,
-        label: plainText("Other"),
+        label: plainText(USER_INPUT_NOTE.label),
         optional: true,
-        hint: plainText("Anything else, or an answer that is not listed."),
+        hint: plainText(USER_INPUT_NOTE.description),
         element: {
           type: "plain_text_input",
           action_id: VALUE_ACTION_ID,
diff --git a/packages/junior/src/chat/tools/runtime/user-input-request.ts b/packages/junior/src/chat/tools/runtime/user-input-request.ts
index 7afadbf540..41141ee0b4 100644
--- a/packages/junior/src/chat/tools/runtime/user-input-request.ts
+++ b/packages/junior/src/chat/tools/runtime/user-input-request.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ export const userInputRequestSchema = z
     }
   });
 
+/**
+ * Label and help text of the free-text input that every form adds after the
+ * fields. The text goes with the picked answers and does not replace them, so
+ * every surface says that in the same words.
+ */
+export const USER_INPUT_NOTE = {
+  label: "Anything else?",
+  description: "Optional. This note is sent together with your answers above.",
+} as const;
+
 /** One field of a user input request. */
 export type UserInputField = z.output<typeof userInputFieldSchema>;