diff --git a/docs/api-reference.md b/docs/api-reference.md
index 38441dfd..0ee9aeb0 100644
--- a/docs/api-reference.md
+++ b/docs/api-reference.md
@@ -905,10 +905,10 @@ html and svg are the ones deliberately kept out.
 `POST /api/filesystem/mkdir` with `{ path, name, sessionId?, showHidden? }` makes one
 folder directly inside `path`, which must be a folder the path picker may browse, and
 answers `{ path }`. `name` is one path segment (letters, numbers, spaces and `_ - . ~`, not
-starting with a dot or `~`). `400` for a cases folder (use Add Case → Create New with no
-custom folder) or a `path` that is not a directory, `403` for a blocked tree or a `path`
-outside the browse roots, `404` for a `path` that does not exist, `409` when the folder
-already exists, and `422` when the mount under `path` does not answer.
+starting with a dot or `~`). `400` for a cases folder (use Add Case → Create New or Clone
+Repo with no custom folder) or a `path` that is not a directory, `403` for a blocked tree
+or a `path` outside the browse roots, `404` for a `path` that does not exist, `409` when
+the folder already exists, and `422` when the mount under `path` does not answer.
 
 ## Rendered HTML files
 
diff --git a/docs/wiki/Working-With-Files.md b/docs/wiki/Working-With-Files.md
index 02fcd0bb..85b438a7 100644
--- a/docs/wiki/Working-With-Files.md
+++ b/docs/wiki/Working-With-Files.md
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ In the **Link Existing**, **Create New** (custom folder) and **Clone Repo** (cus
 pickers, **+📁** (New folder) makes a folder inside the folder you are viewing and selects
 it. Names use letters, numbers, spaces and `_ - . ~` (not starting with a dot or `~`). The
 cases folder is refused, since every folder there is already a case: pick a folder outside
-it, or make the case with **Add Case → Create New** (no custom folder).
+it, or make the case with **Add Case → Create New** or **Clone Repo** (no custom folder).
 
 This is a separate file-serving surface from the viewer, with its own rules: it allowlists
 your home directory, the cases directory, and anything in `CODEMAN_FILE_PICKER_ROOTS`, and
diff --git a/src/web/routes/file-routes.ts b/src/web/routes/file-routes.ts
index bcc420d6..5024b94b 100644
--- a/src/web/routes/file-routes.ts
+++ b/src/web/routes/file-routes.ts
@@ -1567,8 +1567,9 @@ export function registerFileRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, ctx: SessionPort & Even
     // The cases directories (shared, and the caller's own in multi-user mode) are what GET /api/cases lists as
     // local cases: a folder made there is a case with no scaffold, which Link then refuses by name and which
     // deleting would take the linked folder with. A case there is made through Add Case > Create New with no
-    // custom folder. The refusal has to read right from both pickers that offer New folder: a Create New user
-    // is already on that tab, with the custom folder ticked.
+    // custom folder. The refusal has to read right from every picker that offers New folder: a Create New or
+    // Clone Repo user is already on that tab, with the custom folder ticked, and this is where Browse opens
+    // while the field is empty.
     const casesDirs = await Promise.all(
       [...new Set([CASES_DIR, resolveCasesDir(getAuthUser(req))])].map((dir) =>
         fs.realpath(dir).catch(() => resolve(dir))
@@ -1578,7 +1579,7 @@ export function registerFileRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, ctx: SessionPort & Even
       reply.code(400);
       return createErrorResponse(
         ApiErrorCode.INVALID_INPUT,
-        'This is a cases folder: every folder in it is a case. Pick a folder outside it, or make the case with Add Case > Create New (no custom folder).'
+        'This is a cases folder: every folder in it is a case. Pick a folder outside it, or make the case with Add Case > Create New or Clone Repo (no custom folder).'
       );
     }
     // Like browse, a file is not a place to create in.
diff --git a/test/routes/filesystem-mkdir-routes.test.ts b/test/routes/filesystem-mkdir-routes.test.ts
index d16146d0..050221c2 100644
--- a/test/routes/filesystem-mkdir-routes.test.ts
+++ b/test/routes/filesystem-mkdir-routes.test.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ describe('POST /api/filesystem/mkdir', () => {
       const res = await mkdir({ path: casesDir, name: 'myproj' });
       expect(res.statusCode).toBe(400);
       expect(res.json().error).toContain('Pick a folder outside it');
-      expect(res.json().error).toContain('Add Case > Create New (no custom folder)');
+      // Every picker offering New folder sees this, and Clone Repo opens here by default.
+      expect(res.json().error).toContain('Add Case > Create New or Clone Repo (no custom folder)');
       expect(existsSync(join(casesDir, 'myproj'))).toBe(false);
       // A folder inside a case is fine.
       mkdirSync(join(casesDir, 'real-case'));