diff --git a/src/commands/effort/effort.tsx b/src/commands/effort/effort.tsx
index 805901c8a..4b1d76b58 100644
--- a/src/commands/effort/effort.tsx
+++ b/src/commands/effort/effort.tsx
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export async function call(onDone: LocalJSXCommandOnDone, _context: unknown, arg
 
   if (COMMON_HELP_ARGS.includes(args)) {
     onDone(
-      'Usage: /effort [low|medium|high|xhigh|max|auto]\n\nEffort levels:\n- low: Quick, straightforward implementation\n- medium: Balanced approach with standard testing\n- high: Comprehensive implementation with extensive testing\n- xhigh: Extra high reasoning for supported models, including ChatGPT Codex models\n- max: Maximum capability with deepest reasoning where supported (Opus 4.6/4.7, DeepSeek V4 Pro); maps to xhigh for ChatGPT Codex models\n- auto: Use the default effort level for your model',
+      'Usage: /effort [low|medium|high|xhigh|max|auto]\n\nEffort levels:\n- low: Quick, straightforward implementation\n- medium: Balanced approach with standard testing\n- high: Comprehensive implementation with extensive testing\n- xhigh: Extended reasoning beyond high, short of max; including ChatGPT Codex models\n- max: Maximum capability with deepest reasoning; maps to xhigh for ChatGPT Codex models\n- auto: Use the default effort level for your model',
     );
     return;
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/effort.test.ts b/src/utils/__tests__/effort.test.ts
index 4424321c6..eb7c0a500 100644
--- a/src/utils/__tests__/effort.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/effort.test.ts
@@ -224,6 +224,22 @@ describe('getEffortLevelDescription', () => {
     const desc = getEffortLevelDescription('max')
     expect(desc).toContain('Maximum')
   })
+
+  test('max description does not contain model names', () => {
+    const desc = getEffortLevelDescription('max')
+    expect(desc).not.toContain('Opus')
+    expect(desc).not.toContain('DeepSeek')
+  })
+
+  test("returns description for 'xhigh'", () => {
+    const desc = getEffortLevelDescription('xhigh')
+    expect(desc).toContain('Extended reasoning')
+  })
+
+  test('xhigh description does not contain model names', () => {
+    const desc = getEffortLevelDescription('xhigh')
+    expect(desc).not.toContain('Opus')
+  })
 })
 
 // ─── resolvePickerEffortPersistence ────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/src/utils/effort.ts b/src/utils/effort.ts
index bbc16917e..90c597156 100644
--- a/src/utils/effort.ts
+++ b/src/utils/effort.ts
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ export function getEffortLevelDescription(level: EffortLevel): string {
     case 'high':
       return 'Comprehensive implementation with extensive testing and documentation'
     case 'xhigh':
-      return 'Extended reasoning beyond high, short of max (Opus 4.7 only)'
+      return 'Extended reasoning beyond high, short of max'
     case 'max':
-      return 'Maximum capability with deepest reasoning (Opus 4.6/4.7/DeepSeek V4 Pro)'
+      return 'Maximum capability with deepest reasoning'
   }
 }