diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Runner/TaskRunner.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Runner/TaskRunner.cs
index ce6dd541..0033485a 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Runner/TaskRunner.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Runner/TaskRunner.cs
@@ -791,10 +791,10 @@ public sealed class TaskRunner
         switch (result.TerminalReason)
         {
             case "max_turns":
-                var ofConfigured = configuredMaxTurns is int m ? $" von {m}" : "";
-                return $"Turn-Budget erschöpft ({result.TurnCount}{ofConfigured} Turns). "
-                    + "Erhöhe `maxTurns` am Task (`set_task_config`) und stelle den Task erneut in die Queue "
-                    + "– der Worktree bleibt erhalten.";
+                var ofConfigured = configuredMaxTurns is int m ? $" of {m}" : "";
+                return $"Turn budget exhausted ({result.TurnCount}{ofConfigured} turns). "
+                    + "Raise `maxTurns` on the task (`set_task_config`) and re-queue it "
+                    + "- the worktree is kept.";
 
             case "api_error":
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(result.ResultMarkdown)) return result.ResultMarkdown;
diff --git a/tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/Runner/FailureDiagnosisTests.cs b/tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/Runner/FailureDiagnosisTests.cs
index 20ee3913..39835e78 100644
--- a/tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/Runner/FailureDiagnosisTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/Runner/FailureDiagnosisTests.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class FailureDiagnosisTests
         Assert.Contains("55", message);
         Assert.Contains("60", message);
         Assert.Contains("maxTurns", message);
-        Assert.Contains("Queue", message);
+        Assert.Contains("re-queue", message);
         Assert.DoesNotContain(ClaudeProcess.NoResultPrefix, message);
     }
 
@@ -174,12 +174,12 @@ public sealed class FailureDiagnosisEndToEndTests : IDisposable
         using var verify = _db.CreateContext();
         var task = await new TaskRepository(verify).GetByIdAsync("t1");
         Assert.Equal(TaskStatus.Failed, task!.Status);
-        Assert.Contains("Turn-Budget", task.Result);
+        Assert.Contains("Turn budget", task.Result);
         Assert.Contains("60", task.Result);
         Assert.DoesNotContain(ClaudeProcess.NoResultPrefix, task.Result);
 
         var run = await new TaskRunRepository(verify).GetLatestByTaskIdAsync("t1");
-        Assert.Contains("Turn-Budget", run!.ErrorMarkdown);
+        Assert.Contains("Turn budget", run!.ErrorMarkdown);
     }
 
     [Fact]