diff --git a/.github/review-ownership/check-approval.mjs b/.github/review-ownership/check-approval.mjs
index ac354e601f..78f81acb56 100644
--- a/.github/review-ownership/check-approval.mjs
+++ b/.github/review-ownership/check-approval.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const API_VERSION = '2026-03-10'
 const MAX_PULL_REQUEST_REVIEWS = 3_000
 const PAGE_SIZE = 100
 const STATUS_CONTEXT = 'weighted approval'
-const STATUS_PREFIX = 'This is by automated Angry Turtle Cyborg, not a human'
 const WRITABLE_PERMISSIONS = new Set(['admin', 'write'])
 const REVIEW_STATES = new Set(['APPROVED', 'CHANGES_REQUESTED', 'COMMENTED', 'DISMISSED', 'PENDING'])
 const LOGIN = /^[A-Za-z0-9-]+(?:\[bot\])?$/u
@@ -192,12 +191,11 @@ export async function evaluateApproval({ event, policySource, api }) {
  */
 export async function runApprovalCheck({ event, policySource, api, runUrl, write = line => process.stdout.write(`${line}\n`) }) {
   const pull = pullRequestFromEvent(event)
-  write(STATUS_PREFIX)
   let result
   try {
     result = await evaluateApproval({ event, policySource, api })
   } catch (error) {
-    await publishStatus(api, pull, 'error', `${STATUS_PREFIX}: approval evaluation failed.`, runUrl)
+    await publishStatus(api, pull, 'error', 'Approval evaluation failed.', runUrl)
     throw error
   }
   write(`Approval score: ${result.points}/${result.requiredPoints}.`)
@@ -239,7 +237,7 @@ function approvalResult(pull, requiredPoints, approvals, blockers, ignoredReview
   return {
     pull: { repository: pull.repository, number: pull.number, headSha: pull.headSha },
     state,
-    description: `${STATUS_PREFIX}: ${detail}.`,
+    description: `${detail}.`,
     points: approvals.reduce((total, approval) => total + approval.points, 0),
     requiredPoints,
     approvals,
@@ -355,7 +353,6 @@ async function main() {
       api,
     })
     if (resolved === null) {
-      process.stdout.write(`${STATUS_PREFIX}\n`)
       process.stdout.write('Skipped a review event for a superseded pull-request head.\n')
       return
     }
diff --git a/.github/review-ownership/check-approval.test.mjs b/.github/review-ownership/check-approval.test.mjs
index 9a1412b25a..da8bc6ee4d 100644
--- a/.github/review-ownership/check-approval.test.mjs
+++ b/.github/review-ownership/check-approval.test.mjs
@@ -266,12 +266,12 @@ test('publishes the required status and replaces stale success with error on eva
       body: {
         state: 'success',
         context: 'weighted approval',
-        description: 'This is by automated Angry Turtle Cyborg, not a human: 2/2 approval points.',
+        description: '2/2 approval points.',
         target_url: 'https://github.example/actions/runs/1',
       },
     },
   })
-  assert.equal(output[0], 'This is by automated Angry Turtle Cyborg, not a human')
+  assert.equal(output[0], 'Approval score: 2/2.')
 
   const failures = []
   await assert.rejects(runApprovalCheck({
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ test('publishes the required status and replaces stale success with error on eva
     write: () => {},
   }), /reviews unavailable/u)
   assert.equal(failures[0].options.body.state, 'error')
+  assert.equal(failures[0].options.body.description, 'Approval evaluation failed.')
 })
 
 test('sends authenticated JSON and escapes an API error body', async () => {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/weighted-approval-review-event.yml b/.github/workflows/weighted-approval-review-event.yml
index 403b8c14dd..143836a4df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weighted-approval-review-event.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weighted-approval-review-event.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,4 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 2
     steps:
       - name: Record review event
-        run: |
-          echo 'This is by automated Angry Turtle Cyborg, not a human'
-          echo 'Recorded a weighted approval review event.'
+        run: echo 'Recorded a weighted approval review event.'
diff --git a/scripts/ci-workflow.spec.ts b/scripts/ci-workflow.spec.ts
index f5e6a40bcf..1f08f317ab 100644
--- a/scripts/ci-workflow.spec.ts
+++ b/scripts/ci-workflow.spec.ts
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ describe('Weighted approval workflow', () => {
       'timeout-minutes': 2,
     })
     expect(record).toBeDefined()
-    expect(record?.run).toContain('This is by automated Angry Turtle Cyborg, not a human')
+    expect(record?.run).toBe("echo 'Recorded a weighted approval review event.'")
     expect(recordSteps).toHaveLength(1)
     expect(JSON.stringify(publisher)).not.toContain('github.event.pull_request.head')
     expect(JSON.stringify(publisher)).not.toContain('secrets.')