diff --git a/src/features/learn/CheatSheet.tsx b/src/features/learn/CheatSheet.tsx
index 35a6d91..a9645da 100644
--- a/src/features/learn/CheatSheet.tsx
+++ b/src/features/learn/CheatSheet.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ export function CheatSheet() {
       <p>÷4 yes · ÷100 no · ÷400 yes again. (Non-century year: last two digits ÷4.)</p>
 
       <h3>Month anchors</h3>
+      <p className="muted" style={{ fontSize: 13, marginTop: 0 }}>
+        Jan/Feb shown for common years; each is +1 in a leap year.
+      </p>
       <table style={{ borderCollapse: 'collapse', width: '100%' }}>
         <tbody>
           {months.map(([m, a]) => (
diff --git a/src/features/learn/curriculum.test.ts b/src/features/learn/curriculum.test.ts
index 75f3da6..cc3e3cc 100644
--- a/src/features/learn/curriculum.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/learn/curriculum.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,26 @@ describe('curriculum', () => {
     expect(text).toContain('last two digits')
     expect(text).toContain('unless they are 00') // the xx00 carve-out is still called out
   })
+  it('Stage 3 labels Jan/Feb anchors common-year vs leap, leaving others unqualified (#8)', () => {
+    const items = (getStage('months')?.blocks ?? [])
+      .filter((b): b is Extract<Block, { kind: 'list' }> => b.kind === 'list')
+      .flatMap((b) => b.items)
+    const jan = items.find((i) => /january/i.test(i)) ?? ''
+    const feb = items.find((i) => /february/i.test(i)) ?? ''
+    for (const item of [jan, feb]) {
+      expect(item).toMatch(/common year/i) // lead value labeled non-leap
+      expect(item).toMatch(/leap year/i) // secondary value labeled leap
+    }
+    expect(jan).toContain('3')
+    expect(jan).toContain('4')
+    expect(feb).toContain('28')
+    expect(feb).toContain('29')
+    // Even-month doubles (4/4 … 12/12) are leap-invariant — they must NOT gain a
+    // leap qualifier. Match same-number-both-sides so March's "3/14" is excluded.
+    const doubles = items.filter((i) => /\b(\d+)\/\1\b/.test(i))
+    expect(doubles.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    for (const d of doubles) expect(d).not.toMatch(/leap/i)
+  })
   it('every stage has content', () => {
     for (const s of CURRICULUM) expect(s.blocks.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
   })
diff --git a/src/features/learn/curriculum.ts b/src/features/learn/curriculum.ts
index bab179a..b0963ee 100644
--- a/src/features/learn/curriculum.ts
+++ b/src/features/learn/curriculum.ts
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@ export const CURRICULUM: Stage[] = [
         kind: 'list',
         items: [
           'March: Pi Day, 3/14',
-          'January: the 3rd (the 4th in leap years)',
-          'February: the last day — 28th (29th in leap years)',
+          'January: the 3rd in common years, the 4th in leap years',
+          'February: the last day — the 28th in common years, the 29th in leap years',
         ],
       },
       {
         kind: 'p',
-        text: 'In leap years Jan and Feb shift by one — the trap that catches everyone.',
+        text: 'Only Jan and Feb change in leap years — the trap that catches everyone.',
       },
     ],
   },