diff --git a/src/tui/components/hotkey-hint.test.tsx b/src/tui/components/hotkey-hint.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c5b131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/components/hotkey-hint.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import { render } from "ink-testing-library";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import React from "react";
+
+import type { ApprovalRequest } from "../../approval/approval-gate.js";
+import { fakeSession } from "../test-fixtures.js";
+import { createInitialTuiState, type TuiState } from "../tui-state.js";
+import { HotkeyHint } from "./hotkey-hint.js";
+
+const ANSI = /[\u001b\u009b][[()#;?]*(?:[0-9]{1,4}(?:;[0-9]{0,4})*)?[0-9A-ORZcf-nqry=><]/g;
+
+// Literal spellings, deliberately NOT derived from process.platform the
+// way the component does it — otherwise the assertion would be true by
+// construction on every platform.
+const MAC_SCROLL_KEY = "fn+↑↓";
+const OTHER_SCROLL_KEY = "pgup/pgdn";
+const SCROLL_KEY_PATTERN = /fn\+↑↓|pgup\/pgdn/;
+
+function renderHint(state: TuiState): string {
+  const { lastFrame, unmount } = render(<HotkeyHint state={state} />);
+  const out = (lastFrame() ?? "").replace(ANSI, "");
+  unmount();
+  return out;
+}
+
+function chatState(overrides: Partial<TuiState> = {}): TuiState {
+  return {
+    ...createInitialTuiState(fakeSession()),
+    uiMode: "chat" as const,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+function fakeApproval(): ApprovalRequest {
+  return {
+    approvalId: "appr-1",
+    sessionId: "sess-1",
+    tool: "bash",
+    reason: "wants to run a command",
+    preview: "rm -rf ./dist",
+  };
+}
+
+describe("HotkeyHint scroll chip", () => {
+  it("advertises the chat-scroll key in the idle chat footer", () => {
+    const out = renderHint(chatState());
+    expect(out).toMatch(SCROLL_KEY_PATTERN);
+    expect(out).toContain("scroll");
+    // The scroll chip took ctrl+b's slot to stay within the 6-chip row.
+    expect(out).not.toContain("ctrl+b");
+  });
+
+  it("advertises the chat-scroll key while a turn is running", () => {
+    const out = renderHint(chatState({ status: "running" }));
+    expect(out).toMatch(SCROLL_KEY_PATTERN);
+    expect(out).toContain("scroll");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps modal footers free of the scroll chip", () => {
+    const out = renderHint(chatState({ slashPaletteOpen: true }));
+    expect(out).not.toContain("scroll");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the approval footer (y/n/esc) free of the scroll chip", () => {
+    const out = renderHint(chatState({ pendingApproval: fakeApproval() }));
+    expect(out).toContain("approve");
+    expect(out).toContain("deny");
+    expect(out).toContain("abort run");
+    expect(out).not.toContain("scroll");
+    expect(out).not.toMatch(SCROLL_KEY_PATTERN);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("HotkeyHint scroll key spelling per platform", () => {
+  const realPlatform = process.platform;
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", { value: realPlatform });
+    vi.resetModules();
+  });
+
+  // SCROLL_KEY is resolved at module load, so each case re-imports the
+  // component after stubbing process.platform.
+  async function renderIdleFooterOn(platform: NodeJS.Platform): Promise<string> {
+    Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", { value: platform });
+    vi.resetModules();
+    const fresh = await import("./hotkey-hint.js");
+    const { lastFrame, unmount } = render(<fresh.HotkeyHint state={chatState()} />);
+    const out = (lastFrame() ?? "").replace(ANSI, "");
+    unmount();
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  it("darwin spells the scroll key as fn+arrows", async () => {
+    const out = await renderIdleFooterOn("darwin");
+    expect(out).toContain(MAC_SCROLL_KEY);
+    expect(out).not.toContain(OTHER_SCROLL_KEY);
+  });
+
+  it("linux spells the scroll key as pgup/pgdn", async () => {
+    const out = await renderIdleFooterOn("linux");
+    expect(out).toContain(OTHER_SCROLL_KEY);
+    expect(out).not.toContain(MAC_SCROLL_KEY);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/tui/components/hotkey-hint.tsx b/src/tui/components/hotkey-hint.tsx
index 945870f..1737510 100644
--- a/src/tui/components/hotkey-hint.tsx
+++ b/src/tui/components/hotkey-hint.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ interface HotkeyChip {
   readonly label: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Platform-aware label for the chat-scroll key. The physical key is
+ * PageUp; Mac keyboards reach it via Fn+Up, and that is the spelling
+ * Mac users actually recognise.
+ */
+const SCROLL_KEY = process.platform === "darwin" ? "fn+\u2191\u2193" : "pgup/pgdn";
+
 /**
  * Bottom hint strip: surfaces the keybindings that are meaningful in
  * the current state so the user never has to guess. We cap to ~6 chips
@@ -59,7 +66,10 @@ function resolveChips(state: TuiState, ctrlCArmed: boolean): HotkeyChip[] {
     ];
   }
   if (state.status === "running") {
+    // A long streaming answer is exactly when the operator wants to
+    // scroll back, so the hint rides along with abort.
     return [
+      { key: SCROLL_KEY, label: "scroll" },
       { key: "esc", label: "abort" },
       {
         key: "ctrl+c",
@@ -91,11 +101,14 @@ function resolveChips(state: TuiState, ctrlCArmed: boolean): HotkeyChip[] {
       },
     ];
   }
+  // Six chips is the cap for one row on narrow terminals. The scroll
+  // hint replaces ctrl+b: Observe stays reachable via /observe, while
+  // scrolling had no visible entry point at all.
   return [
     { key: "enter", label: "send" },
     { key: "alt+enter", label: "newline" },
     { key: "tab", label: "sidebar" },
-    { key: "ctrl+b", label: "open Observe" },
+    { key: SCROLL_KEY, label: "scroll" },
     { key: "/", label: "commands" },
     {
       key: "ctrl+c",