diff --git a/quotesdb/src/bin/ui/components/auth_modal.rs b/quotesdb/src/bin/ui/components/auth_modal.rs
index 3908c85..418a793 100644
--- a/quotesdb/src/bin/ui/components/auth_modal.rs
+++ b/quotesdb/src/bin/ui/components/auth_modal.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ pub fn auth_modal(props: &AuthModalProps) -> Html {
         <div class="auth-modal__overlay">
             <div class="auth-modal">
                 <h2 class="auth-modal__title">{ "Enter Auth Code" }</h2>
+                <p class="auth-modal__hint">
+                    { "This is the authorization code you were given (or that was generated) when you created this quote." }
+                </p>
                 <form onsubmit={onsubmit}>
                     <input
                         class="auth-modal__input"
diff --git a/quotesdb/src/bin/ui/components/report_modal.rs b/quotesdb/src/bin/ui/components/report_modal.rs
index de24e87..9a6f1d1 100644
--- a/quotesdb/src/bin/ui/components/report_modal.rs
+++ b/quotesdb/src/bin/ui/components/report_modal.rs
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ pub struct ReportModalProps {
 /// Modal dialog for reporting a quote.
 ///
 /// Renders a reason textarea, a Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA widget, and
-/// Submit / Cancel buttons.  The Submit button is disabled until the Turnstile
-/// widget has been solved (i.e., the hidden input carries a non-empty token).
+/// Submit / Cancel buttons.
 ///
 /// The Turnstile widget is rendered by injecting a `<div class="cf-turnstile">`
 /// with the appropriate `data-sitekey` attribute.  Turnstile's global JS (loaded
-/// in `index.html`) picks up that div automatically.
+/// in `index.html`) picks up that div automatically.  The token is read from the
+/// hidden `cf-turnstile-response` input at submit time and forwarded to the
+/// caller; it may be empty if Turnstile has not yet solved (e.g., no network).
+/// Rate limiting is enforced at the WAF layer rather than the application layer.
 ///
 /// # Example
 ///
@@ -55,8 +57,6 @@ pub struct ReportModalProps {
 #[function_component(ReportModal)]
 pub fn report_modal(props: &ReportModalProps) -> Html {
     let reason = use_state(String::new);
-    // Whether the Turnstile CAPTCHA has been solved (token is non-empty).
-    let captcha_solved = use_state(|| false);
 
     // --- Handle reason textarea input ---
     let on_reason_input = {
@@ -71,50 +71,6 @@ pub fn report_modal(props: &ReportModalProps) -> Html {
         })
     };
 
-    // --- Poll the hidden Turnstile input for a token on the "input" event ---
-    // Turnstile fires a synthetic "input" event on the hidden field when solved.
-    // We wire this up via use_effect so we can attach the listener to the DOM.
-    {
-        let captcha_solved = captcha_solved.clone();
-        use_effect(move || {
-            let window = web_sys::window().expect("no global window");
-            let document = window.document().expect("no document");
-
-            // Closure to check the hidden input value.
-            let captcha_solved_clone = captcha_solved.clone();
-            let check_fn = wasm_bindgen::closure::Closure::<dyn Fn()>::new(move || {
-                let document = web_sys::window()
-                    .and_then(|w| w.document())
-                    .expect("document");
-                if let Some(input_el) = document
-                    .query_selector("input[name='cf-turnstile-response']")
-                    .ok()
-                    .flatten()
-                {
-                    let input: HtmlInputElement = input_el.unchecked_into();
-                    captcha_solved_clone.set(!input.value().is_empty());
-                }
-            });
-
-            // Attach the listener to the document so it catches the event
-            // regardless of where Turnstile fires it.
-            let _ = document
-                .add_event_listener_with_callback("input", check_fn.as_ref().unchecked_ref());
-
-            // Also run once immediately in case the widget already solved
-            // (e.g., page revisit).
-            check_fn
-                .as_ref()
-                .unchecked_ref::<js_sys::Function>()
-                .call0(&wasm_bindgen::JsValue::NULL)
-                .ok();
-
-            // Keep the closure alive until the component unmounts.
-            check_fn.forget();
-            || ()
-        });
-    }
-
     // --- Form submit handler ---
     let on_submit = {
         let reason = reason.clone();
@@ -122,7 +78,7 @@ pub fn report_modal(props: &ReportModalProps) -> Html {
         Callback::from(move |e: SubmitEvent| {
             e.prevent_default();
 
-            // Read the Turnstile token from the hidden input.
+            // Read the Turnstile token from the hidden input if available.
             let token = web_sys::window()
                 .and_then(|w| w.document())
                 .and_then(|doc| {
@@ -133,10 +89,6 @@ pub fn report_modal(props: &ReportModalProps) -> Html {
                 .map(|el| el.unchecked_into::<HtmlInputElement>().value())
                 .unwrap_or_default();
 
-            if token.is_empty() {
-                return; // Should not happen — button is disabled until solved.
-            }
-
             let reason_val = {
                 let s = (*reason).clone();
                 if s.is_empty() {
@@ -151,7 +103,6 @@ pub fn report_modal(props: &ReportModalProps) -> Html {
     };
 
     let reason_len = reason.len();
-    let submit_disabled = !*captcha_solved;
 
     let on_cancel = props.on_cancel.clone();
 
@@ -193,7 +144,6 @@ pub fn report_modal(props: &ReportModalProps) -> Html {
                         <button
                             type="submit"
                             class="btn btn--danger"
-                            disabled={submit_disabled}
                         >
                             { "Submit Report" }
                         </button>
diff --git a/quotesdb/src/bin/ui/style.css b/quotesdb/src/bin/ui/style.css
index 715482a..c56d3fd 100644
--- a/quotesdb/src/bin/ui/style.css
+++ b/quotesdb/src/bin/ui/style.css
@@ -480,6 +480,12 @@ code {
   margin-bottom: 1rem;
 }
 
+.auth-modal__hint {
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  color: var(--color-muted);
+  margin-bottom: 1rem;
+}
+
 .auth-modal__input {
   margin-bottom: 1rem;
 }