diff --git a/packages/daemon/src/domain/queue-repository.ts b/packages/daemon/src/domain/queue-repository.ts
index 447fc0011..bc937926d 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/src/domain/queue-repository.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/src/domain/queue-repository.ts
@@ -5245,8 +5245,8 @@ export class QueueRepository {
       target,
       reason: "no-live-local-successor",
       message: foreignTarget
-        ? `Successor custody for '${target}' is unverified on this daemon: the successor is named on that host, and this daemon cannot read its custody. This closure records a handoff claim, not proof of transfer or pickup. Use 'rig queue handoff' or 'handoff-and-complete': a local handoff is atomic, across hosts the successor is created first and the source closed after, and an uncertain result is reconciled by its exact id, since re-running the same handoff is idempotent.`
-        : `Successor custody for '${target}' is unverified on this daemon: no local row with this source's lineage was found. A successor may exist on another host. This closure records a handoff claim, not proof of transfer or pickup; reconcile the successor by ID. Use 'rig queue handoff' or 'handoff-and-complete': a local handoff is atomic, across hosts the successor is created first and the source closed after, and an uncertain result is reconciled by its exact id, since re-running the same handoff is idempotent.`,
+        ? `Successor custody for '${target}' is unverified on this daemon: the successor is named on that host, and this daemon cannot read its custody. This closure records a handoff claim, not proof of transfer or pickup. Use 'rig queue handoff' or 'handoff-and-complete' with '--to <seat@rig>'; add '--host <registered-host>' for another host instead of manually closing to the successor ID; a local handoff is atomic, across hosts the successor is created first and the source closed after, and an uncertain result is reconciled by its exact id, since re-running the same handoff is idempotent.`
+        : `Successor custody for '${target}' is unverified on this daemon: no local row with this source's lineage was found. A successor may exist on another host. This closure records a handoff claim, not proof of transfer or pickup; reconcile the successor by ID. Use 'rig queue handoff' or 'handoff-and-complete' with '--to <seat@rig>'; add '--host <registered-host>' for another host instead of manually closing to the successor ID; a local handoff is atomic, across hosts the successor is created first and the source closed after, and an uncertain result is reconciled by its exact id, since re-running the same handoff is idempotent.`,
     };
   }