diff --git a/.build_number b/.build_number
index 4d3f0fe..1c7363e 100644
--- a/.build_number
+++ b/.build_number
@@ -1 +1 @@
-271261149
+271261159
diff --git a/frontend/app/admin/SettingsPage.tsx b/frontend/app/admin/SettingsPage.tsx
index f7e536b..0575884 100644
--- a/frontend/app/admin/SettingsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/admin/SettingsPage.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const SECTION_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
   prowlarr: 'Prowlarr',
   qbittorrent: 'qBittorrent',
   log: 'Activity log',
-  requests: 'Request syncing',
+  requests: 'Request sync',
   site: 'Site',
 }
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const SECTION_DESCRIPTIONS: Record<string, string> = {
   radarr: 'Movie automation settings.',
   prowlarr: 'Indexer search settings.',
   qbittorrent: 'Downloader connection settings.',
-  requests: 'Sync and refresh cadence for requests.',
+  requests: 'Control how often requests are refreshed and cleaned up.',
   log: 'Activity log for troubleshooting.',
   site: 'Sitewide banner, version, and changelog details.',
 }
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ const labelFromKey = (key: string) =>
     .replace('quality profile id', 'Quality profile ID')
     .replace('root folder', 'Root folder')
     .replace('qbittorrent', 'qBittorrent')
-    .replace('requests sync ttl minutes', 'Refresh saved requests if older than (minutes)')
-    .replace('requests poll interval seconds', 'Background refresh check (seconds)')
-    .replace('requests delta sync interval minutes', 'Check for new or updated requests every (minutes)')
-    .replace('requests full sync time', 'Full refresh time (24h)')
-    .replace('requests cleanup time', 'Clean up old history time (24h)')
-    .replace('requests cleanup days', 'Remove history older than (days)')
-    .replace('requests data source', 'Where requests are loaded from')
+    .replace('requests sync ttl minutes', 'Saved request refresh TTL (minutes)')
+    .replace('requests poll interval seconds', 'Full refresh check interval (seconds)')
+    .replace('requests delta sync interval minutes', 'Delta sync interval (minutes)')
+    .replace('requests full sync time', 'Daily full refresh time (24h)')
+    .replace('requests cleanup time', 'Daily history cleanup time (24h)')
+    .replace('requests cleanup days', 'History retention window (days)')
+    .replace('requests data source', 'Request source (cache vs Jellyseerr)')
     .replace('jellyfin public url', 'Jellyfin public URL')
     .replace('jellyfin sync to arr', 'Sync Jellyfin to Sonarr/Radarr')
     .replace('artwork cache mode', 'Artwork cache mode')
@@ -277,6 +277,22 @@ export default function SettingsPage({ section }: SettingsPageProps) {
   const cacheSettingKeys = new Set(['requests_sync_ttl_minutes', 'requests_data_source'])
   const artworkSettingKeys = new Set(['artwork_cache_mode'])
   const hiddenSettingKeys = new Set([...cacheSettingKeys, ...artworkSettingKeys])
+  const requestSettingOrder = [
+    'requests_poll_interval_seconds',
+    'requests_delta_sync_interval_minutes',
+    'requests_full_sync_time',
+    'requests_cleanup_time',
+    'requests_cleanup_days',
+  ]
+  const sortByOrder = (items: AdminSetting[], order: string[]) => {
+    const position = new Map(order.map((key, index) => [key, index]))
+    return [...items].sort((a, b) => {
+      const aIndex = position.get(a.key) ?? Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY
+      const bIndex = position.get(b.key) ?? Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY
+      if (aIndex !== bIndex) return aIndex - bIndex
+      return a.key.localeCompare(b.key)
+    })
+  }
   const cacheSettings = settings.filter((setting) => cacheSettingKeys.has(setting.key))
   const artworkSettings = settings.filter((setting) => artworkSettingKeys.has(setting.key))
   const settingsSections = isCacheSection
@@ -287,12 +303,17 @@ export default function SettingsPage({ section }: SettingsPageProps) {
     : visibleSections.map((sectionKey) => ({
         key: sectionKey,
         title: SECTION_LABELS[sectionKey] ?? sectionKey,
-        items:
-          sectionKey === 'requests' || sectionKey === 'artwork'
-            ? (groupedSettings[sectionKey] ?? []).filter(
-                (setting) => !hiddenSettingKeys.has(setting.key)
-              )
-            : groupedSettings[sectionKey] ?? [],
+        items: (() => {
+          const sectionItems = groupedSettings[sectionKey] ?? []
+          const filtered =
+            sectionKey === 'requests' || sectionKey === 'artwork'
+              ? sectionItems.filter((setting) => !hiddenSettingKeys.has(setting.key))
+              : sectionItems
+          if (sectionKey === 'requests') {
+            return sortByOrder(filtered, requestSettingOrder)
+          }
+          return filtered
+        })(),
       }))
   const showLogs = section === 'logs'
   const showMaintenance = section === 'maintenance'
@@ -332,11 +353,11 @@ export default function SettingsPage({ section }: SettingsPageProps) {
     qbittorrent_password: 'qBittorrent login password.',
     requests_sync_ttl_minutes: 'How long saved requests stay fresh before a refresh is needed.',
     requests_poll_interval_seconds:
-      'How often Magent wakes up to check if the cache is stale and needs a full refresh.',
+      'How often Magent checks if a full refresh should run.',
     requests_delta_sync_interval_minutes:
-      'How often we actively poll for new or updated requests (delta sync).',
-    requests_full_sync_time: 'Daily time to refresh the full request list.',
-    requests_cleanup_time: 'Daily time to trim old history.',
+      'How often we poll for new or updated requests.',
+    requests_full_sync_time: 'Daily time to rebuild the full request cache.',
+    requests_cleanup_time: 'Daily time to trim old request history.',
     requests_cleanup_days: 'History older than this is removed during cleanup.',
     requests_data_source:
       'Pick where Magent should read requests from. Cache-only avoids Jellyseerr lookups on reads.',
@@ -782,7 +803,9 @@ export default function SettingsPage({ section }: SettingsPageProps) {
           .map((sectionGroup) => (
           <section key={sectionGroup.key} className="admin-section">
             <div className="section-header">
-              <h2>{sectionGroup.key === 'requests' ? 'Sync controls' : sectionGroup.title}</h2>
+              <h2>
+                {sectionGroup.key === 'requests' ? 'Request sync controls' : sectionGroup.title}
+              </h2>
               {sectionGroup.key === 'sonarr' && (
                 <button type="button" onClick={() => loadOptions('sonarr')}>
                   Refresh Sonarr options
@@ -816,14 +839,15 @@ export default function SettingsPage({ section }: SettingsPageProps) {
                 <div className="sync-actions-block">
                   <div className="sync-actions">
                     <button type="button" onClick={syncRequests}>
-                      Full refresh (all requests)
+                      Run full refresh (rebuild cache)
                     </button>
                     <button type="button" className="ghost-button" onClick={syncRequestsDelta}>
-                      Quick refresh (delta changes)
+                      Run delta sync (recent changes)
                     </button>
                   </div>
                   <div className="meta sync-note">
-                    Full refresh reloads the entire list. Quick refresh only checks recent changes.
+                    Full refresh rebuilds the entire cache. Delta sync only checks new or updated
+                    requests.
                   </div>
                 </div>
               )}
@@ -877,8 +901,8 @@ export default function SettingsPage({ section }: SettingsPageProps) {
             )}
             {showRequestsExtras && sectionGroup.key === 'requests' && (
               <div className="status-banner">
-                Background refresh checks only decide when to run a full refresh. The delta sync
-                interval actively polls for new or updated requests.
+                Full refresh checks only decide when to run a full refresh. The delta sync interval
+                polls for new or updated requests.
               </div>
             )}
             {showArtworkExtras && sectionGroup.key === 'artwork' && artworkPrefetch && (
diff --git a/frontend/app/ui/AdminSidebar.tsx b/frontend/app/ui/AdminSidebar.tsx
index d877f0a..a3bcd2f 100644
--- a/frontend/app/ui/AdminSidebar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/ui/AdminSidebar.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const NAV_GROUPS = [
   {
     title: 'Requests',
     items: [
-      { href: '/admin/requests', label: 'Request syncing' },
+      { href: '/admin/requests', label: 'Request sync' },
       { href: '/admin/cache', label: 'Cache Control' },
     ],
   },