diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 18880cf..9b50f5f 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -763,26 +763,14 @@
   ];
 
   function renderTiming(events) {
-    const peeGaps = gapsBetween(events, "pee");
-
     for (const row of TIMING_ROWS) {
       const svg  = document.getElementById(`timing-chart-${row.type}`);
       const note = document.getElementById(`timing-note-${row.type}`);
       if (!svg || !note) continue;
-      const gaps = row.type === "pee" ? peeGaps : gapsBetween(events, row.type);
+      const gaps = gapsBetween(events, row.type);
       const last = lastEventOfType(events, row.type);
       drawTimingChart(svg, note, row, gaps, last ? Math.max(0, Date.now() - last.at) : null);
     }
-
-    const hint = document.getElementById("timing-hint");
-    const typicalPee = median(peeGaps);
-    if (typicalPee != null) {
-      hint.textContent =
-        `Based on ${peeGaps.length} pee gap${peeGaps.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}. ` +
-        `Aim to take the puppy out a little before the typical ${formatDuration(typicalPee)} mark.`;
-    } else {
-      hint.textContent = "Log a few more pees, poos and meals to see typical timings.";
-    }
   }
 
   function drawTimingChart(svg, note, row, gaps, since) {
@@ -1071,13 +1059,6 @@
     const totalMs = walkMsInRange(events, from, to);
     document.getElementById("walk-total").textContent =
       windows.length ? `(${formatDuration(totalMs)})` : "";
-
-    const goal = walkTargetFor(loadConfig().birthday);
-    const goalEl = document.getElementById("walk-goal");
-    goalEl.textContent = goal
-      ? `Rule of thumb at this age: about ${goal.perWalk} min per walk, ${goal.walks}× a day (~${goal.total} min).`
-      : "";
-    goalEl.hidden = !goal;
   }
 
   // Which history rows sit inside a sleep or walk window, so the list can run a
diff --git a/src/changelog.json b/src/changelog.json
index 23a6188..882b46b 100644
--- a/src/changelog.json
+++ b/src/changelog.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [
+  { "date": "2026-09-01", "text": "Dropped two hint lines: the “Based on N pee gaps…” sentence under the Timing charts, and the “Rule of thumb at this age…” one in the Walks panel. The charts above them already say it. The age-based walking goal is still there, drawn as the goal line on the Walk trend" },
   { "date": "2026-09-01", "text": "On the dark theme the awake timers are a warm near-white now — both “Awake for” at the top and the pill in the day bar — instead of yellow text on a yellow-tinted pill. The light theme keeps its dark gold, where white would disappear into a near-white pill" },
   { "date": "2026-09-01", "text": "Toned the awake timer down: the pill in the day bar is a fainter yellow and its text a good deal darker, so “Awake for” is comfortable to read rather than technically legible. The Awake labels elsewhere darkened with it" },
   { "date": "2026-08-31", "text": "The asleep timer text is a deeper blue, so “Asleep for” in the day-bar pill and on the big card is properly readable against its own pale blue background instead of the near-invisible blue-on-blue it was — the same treatment the awake gold just got, and it applies to the Asleep labels in the Sleep & wake list too" },
diff --git a/src/index.html b/src/index.html
index af29e4c..4a03863 100644
--- a/src/index.html
+++ b/src/index.html
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@
         <!-- The axis is stretched (see drawTimingChart), so say what the middle
              of a bar means rather than leave it to be inferred. -->
         <p class="muted-note">The middle of every bar is that type's typical gap: left of it is sooner than usual, right of it is longer, and the faded stretch runs out to the longest gap in the window.</p>
-        <p class="muted-note timing-hint" id="timing-hint"></p>
       </section>
 
       <!-- Sleep and wake windows are the same boundaries read two ways — a wake
@@ -290,9 +289,6 @@
         <h2>Walks <span class="muted-note" id="walk-total"></span></h2>
         <ul id="walk-list" class="wake-list"></ul>
         <p id="walk-empty" class="empty">No walks yet for this day. Use 🦮 Walk start / 🏁 Walk end to time one.</p>
-        <!-- Age-based guidance ("the five-minute rule"), only when a birthday
-             is set and the puppy is still growing. -->
-        <p id="walk-goal" class="muted-note" hidden></p>
         <div class="chart walk-chart" id="walk-chart-wrap" hidden>
           <div class="chart-title">Minutes per day <span data-chart-days-label>(last 7 days)</span></div>
           <svg id="chart-walk" class="chart-svg" viewBox="0 0 320 160" role="img" aria-label="Minutes walked per day"></svg>
diff --git a/src/style.css b/src/style.css
index 36947fc..d35fc8c 100644
--- a/src/style.css
+++ b/src/style.css
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@ button.danger { background: var(--danger); }
   font-size: 0.8rem;
   font-weight: normal;
 }
-.timing-hint { margin: 10px 4px 0; line-height: 1.4; }
 
 /* ---------- timing range charts ---------- */
 .timing-charts {