diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/(app)/agent-chat/instance-picker.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/(app)/agent-chat/instance-picker.tsx
index 3d2e60cb0c..6f3ad42bfb 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/app/(app)/agent-chat/instance-picker.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/(app)/agent-chat/instance-picker.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 import { radioItemA11y } from '@/components/ui/radio-group';
 import { Skeleton } from '@/components/ui/skeleton';
 import { Text } from '@/components/ui/text';
+import { stripInlineCodeMarkers } from '@/i18n/plain-copy';
 import { formatList } from '@/lib/format';
 import { useThemeColors } from '@/lib/hooks/use-theme-colors';
 import { type InstancePickerInstance } from '@/lib/picker-bridge';
@@ -314,7 +315,9 @@ export default function InstancePickerScreen() {
               icon={Server}
               placement="top"
               title={t('agentChat.instancePicker.noCliInstances')}
-              description={t('agentChat.instancePicker.noCliInstancesDescription')}
+              description={stripInlineCodeMarkers(
+                t('agentChat.instancePicker.noCliInstancesDescription')
+              )}
               action={
                 <Button
                   variant="outline"
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/agents/new-session-configure-form.test.ts b/apps/mobile/src/components/agents/new-session-configure-form.test.ts
index 79037c7b14..a42e4d35ac 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/components/agents/new-session-configure-form.test.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/agents/new-session-configure-form.test.ts
@@ -832,6 +832,9 @@ describe('NewSessionConfigureForm', () => {
     expect(findTextContent(cloud, t => t.includes('kilo remote') && t.includes('/remote'))).toBe(
       true
     );
+    // The help draws the commands as prose: the authoring markers must not
+    // reach the screen.
+    expect(findTextContent(cloud, t => t.includes('`'))).toBe(false);
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line new-cap -- plain function call, matching repo test convention
     const remote = NewSessionConfigureForm({
@@ -842,6 +845,7 @@ describe('NewSessionConfigureForm', () => {
     expect(findTextContent(remote, t => t.includes('kilo remote') && t.includes('/remote'))).toBe(
       true
     );
+    expect(findTextContent(remote, t => t.includes('`'))).toBe(false);
   });
 
   // ── Case 14: reorder wiring lock ──
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/agents/new-session-configure-form.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/agents/new-session-configure-form.tsx
index 423ce8e113..5a5e7691ba 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/components/agents/new-session-configure-form.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/agents/new-session-configure-form.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { useComposerRevealScroll } from '@/components/agents/use-composer-reveal
 import { AppAwareKeyboardPaddingView } from '@/components/kilo-chat/app-aware-keyboard-padding';
 import { SegmentedControl } from '@/components/ui/segmented-control';
 import { Text } from '@/components/ui/text';
+import { stripInlineCodeMarkers } from '@/i18n/plain-copy';
 import { remoteSpawnInstanceDisconnectedNote } from '@/lib/remote-submit-outcome';
 
 /**
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ export function NewSessionConfigureForm({
       ) : null}
 
       <Text className="mt-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-        {t('agentChat.newSession.remoteHint')}
+        {stripInlineCodeMarkers(t('agentChat.newSession.remoteHint'))}
       </Text>
 
       {runOnNote ? <Text className="mt-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">{runOnNote}</Text> : null}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/tour/tour-screen.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/tour/tour-screen.tsx
index d5dd0a823c..1c8997bac0 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/components/tour/tour-screen.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/tour/tour-screen.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 import { ChoiceRow } from '@/components/ui/choice-row';
 import { Cloud, type LucideIcon, Monitor, Sparkles } from '@/components/ui/icons';
 import { Text } from '@/components/ui/text';
+import { stripInlineCodeMarkers } from '@/i18n/plain-copy';
 import { useCurrentUserId } from '@/lib/hooks/use-current-user-id';
 import { useThemeColors } from '@/lib/hooks/use-theme-colors';
 import { useStackSafeReplace } from '@/lib/navigation/stack-safe-replace';
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ function ForkStep({ onChoose }: Readonly<ForkStepProps>) {
         <ForkOption
           icon={Monitor}
           title={t('tour.remoteOptionTitle')}
-          body={t('tour.remoteOptionBody')}
+          body={stripInlineCodeMarkers(t('tour.remoteOptionBody'))}
           onPress={() => {
             onChoose('remote');
           }}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/apps/mobile/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index 054455db45..4e93da702f 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -2197,7 +2197,7 @@
       "discardDraftMessage": "Your prompt will be lost.",
       "discardWithUploadsMessage": "Your prompt and any unclaimed uploads will be deleted.",
       "discardFailed": "Could not discard the draft. Please try again.",
-      "remoteHint": "Run `kilo remote` on your computer, or `/remote` in a running CLI session, to control a local kilo process.",
+      "remoteHint": "Run kilo remote on your computer, or /remote in a running CLI session, to control a local kilo process.",
       "continueFrom": "Continuing {{title}}",
       "importingSession": "Importing session",
       "cliCannotContinue": "This CLI cannot continue a session. Pick Cloud Agent or another CLI.",
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@
       "cloudAgent": "Cloud Agent",
       "cloudAgentDescription": "Run on Kilo's cloud sandbox",
       "noCliInstances": "No CLI instances connected",
-      "noCliInstancesDescription": "Run `kilo remote` in a project on your computer, or update Kilo CLI if one is already running.",
+      "noCliInstancesDescription": "Run kilo remote in a project on your computer, or update Kilo CLI if one is already running.",
       "instanceOnProject": "{{name}} on {{project}}",
       "instanceOnProjectSuffix": "{{name}} on {{project}} ({{suffix}})",
       "runOnCloudAgent": "Run on Cloud Agent"
@@ -3186,7 +3186,7 @@
     "cloudOptionTitle": "$t(agentChat.instancePicker.cloudAgent)",
     "cloudOptionBody": "Run Kilo in a sandboxed cloud environment with nothing to install.",
     "remoteOptionTitle": "Your computer",
-    "remoteOptionBody": "Run Kilo on your own machine through the `kilo remote` CLI.",
+    "remoteOptionBody": "Run Kilo on your own machine through the kilo remote CLI.",
     "skip": "Skip tour",
     "tutorialLabel": "Tutorial"
   },
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/i18n/plain-copy.test.ts b/apps/mobile/src/i18n/plain-copy.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1ede48bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/i18n/plain-copy.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { CATALOG_LOADERS } from './catalogs';
+import { SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES } from './languages';
+import { stripInlineCodeMarkers } from './plain-copy';
+
+/**
+ * The run-location help the new-task screen, the tour's fork card and the
+ * instance picker show. Every catalog used to wrap `kilo remote` and `/remote`
+ * in backticks, and the native `Text` drew the punctuation.
+ */
+const RUN_LOCATION_COPY_KEYS: string[][] = [
+  ['agentChat', 'newSession', 'remoteHint'],
+  ['agentChat', 'instancePicker', 'noCliInstancesDescription'],
+  ['tour', 'remoteOptionBody'],
+];
+
+function valueAt(catalog: unknown, path: string[]): unknown {
+  let node: unknown = catalog;
+  for (const key of path) {
+    node = (node as Record<string, unknown> | undefined)?.[key];
+  }
+  return node;
+}
+
+describe('stripInlineCodeMarkers', () => {
+  it('drops the backticks and keeps the command text', () => {
+    expect(stripInlineCodeMarkers('Run `kilo remote`, or `/remote` in a CLI session.')).toBe(
+      'Run kilo remote, or /remote in a CLI session.'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('leaves copy without markers unchanged', () => {
+    expect(stripInlineCodeMarkers('Run kilo remote on your computer.')).toBe(
+      'Run kilo remote on your computer.'
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe('run-location help copy', () => {
+  it.each(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES)('%s never renders an authoring marker', tag => {
+    const catalog = CATALOG_LOADERS[tag]();
+
+    for (const path of RUN_LOCATION_COPY_KEYS) {
+      const value = valueAt(catalog, path);
+      expect(typeof value, `${tag} ${path.join('.')}`).toBe('string');
+      const visible = stripInlineCodeMarkers(value as string);
+      expect(visible, `${tag} ${path.join('.')}`).not.toContain('`');
+      expect(visible, `${tag} ${path.join('.')}`).toContain('kilo remote');
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/i18n/plain-copy.ts b/apps/mobile/src/i18n/plain-copy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7d5f7b4b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/i18n/plain-copy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Plain copy for a native `Text`. The catalogs mark commands and paths with
+ * backticks, and nothing in the app renders that markup, so the reader sees the
+ * punctuation itself. English ships without markers; the translation slice
+ * removes them from the other catalogs, and this keeps those readable first.
+ */
+export function stripInlineCodeMarkers(value: string): string {
+  return value.replaceAll('`', '');
+}