diff --git a/scarf/Packages/ScarfCore/Sources/ScarfCore/Services/SkillSnapshotService.swift b/scarf/Packages/ScarfCore/Sources/ScarfCore/Services/SkillSnapshotService.swift
index 0e61d0b..f6caba3 100644
--- a/scarf/Packages/ScarfCore/Sources/ScarfCore/Services/SkillSnapshotService.swift
+++ b/scarf/Packages/ScarfCore/Sources/ScarfCore/Services/SkillSnapshotService.swift
@@ -133,12 +133,20 @@ public struct SkillSnapshotDiff: Sendable, Equatable {
     }
 
     /// Compact label for the "What's New" pill, e.g.
-    /// "2 new, 4 updated since you last looked" or "1 new skill".
+    /// "2 new, 4 changed since you last looked" or "1 new skill".
+    ///
+    /// Wording note (issue #78): we used to say "X updated since you
+    /// last looked" but the same screen also surfaces an "Updates"
+    /// sub-tab driven by `hermes skills check` (skills with newer
+    /// **upstream** versions available). Two surfaces with the word
+    /// "update" meaning two different things read as a contradiction
+    /// to the user. "Changed" describes the local file delta without
+    /// colliding with upstream-update vocabulary.
     public var label: String {
         switch (newCount, updatedCount) {
         case (let n, 0): return n == 1 ? "1 new skill since you last looked" : "\(n) new skills since you last looked"
-        case (0, let u): return u == 1 ? "1 updated skill since you last looked" : "\(u) updated skills since you last looked"
-        default: return "\(newCount) new, \(updatedCount) updated since you last looked"
+        case (0, let u): return u == 1 ? "1 changed skill since you last looked" : "\(u) changed skills since you last looked"
+        default: return "\(newCount) new, \(updatedCount) changed since you last looked"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/scarf/Scarf iOS/Skills/SkillsView.swift b/scarf/Scarf iOS/Skills/SkillsView.swift
index 8fe8eef..1541bbf 100644
--- a/scarf/Scarf iOS/Skills/SkillsView.swift	
+++ b/scarf/Scarf iOS/Skills/SkillsView.swift	
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ struct SkillsView: View {
             // picker when the per-server snapshot diff has changes.
             // First-load with no prior snapshot silently primes (no
             // pill, the snapshot just records what's there).
-            if let diff = snapshotDiff,
+            //
+            // Issue #78: scope the pill to the Installed tab. It
+            // describes local file deltas; rendering it on Updates
+            // contradicts the upstream-version-check pane below.
+            if currentTab == .installed,
+               let diff = snapshotDiff,
                diff.hasChanges,
                !diff.previousSnapshotEmpty {
                 whatsNewPill(diff: diff)
diff --git a/scarf/scarf/Features/Skills/Views/SkillsView.swift b/scarf/scarf/Features/Skills/Views/SkillsView.swift
index 4591ece..7eb67ae 100644
--- a/scarf/scarf/Features/Skills/Views/SkillsView.swift
+++ b/scarf/scarf/Features/Skills/Views/SkillsView.swift
@@ -71,7 +71,14 @@ struct SkillsView: View {
             // changes against a non-empty prior snapshot (first launch
             // is silent so users aren't drowned in "everything is
             // new!" noise).
-            if let diff = snapshotDiff,
+            //
+            // Issue #78: keep the pill scoped to the Installed tab.
+            // It describes local file deltas in the installed-skill
+            // tree; surfacing it above the Hub or Updates tab read as
+            // a contradiction with the Updates body's separate
+            // upstream-version check.
+            if currentTab == .installed,
+               let diff = snapshotDiff,
                diff.hasChanges,
                !diff.previousSnapshotEmpty {
                 whatsNewPill(diff: diff)