diff --git a/messages/de.json b/messages/de.json
index 4e0812d27..31dee6efe 100644
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -12491,6 +12491,9 @@
       "purgeFailed": "Das Dokument konnte nicht gelöscht werden.",
       "purgeConfirmTitle": "Dieses Dokument endgültig löschen?",
       "purgeConfirmBody": "Es wird jetzt entfernt statt am Ende der Wartezeit und lässt sich nicht wiederherstellen."
+    },
+    "picker": {
+      "capped": "Hier stehen die neuesten {count}. Ältere Dokumente findest du über die Suche."
     }
   },
   "selfDescription": {
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index aa3c7dcd8..bda36e4f1 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -12491,6 +12491,9 @@
       "purgeFailed": "Couldn't delete the document.",
       "purgeConfirmTitle": "Delete this document for good?",
       "purgeConfirmBody": "It is removed now instead of at the end of the waiting period, and cannot be restored."
+    },
+    "picker": {
+      "capped": "Showing the newest {count}. Search to find an older document."
     }
   },
   "selfDescription": {
diff --git a/messages/es.json b/messages/es.json
index edf57f570..66b49ced7 100644
--- a/messages/es.json
+++ b/messages/es.json
@@ -12491,6 +12491,9 @@
       "purgeFailed": "No se pudo eliminar el documento.",
       "purgeConfirmTitle": "¿Eliminar este documento definitivamente?",
       "purgeConfirmBody": "Se elimina ahora en lugar de al final del periodo de espera y no se puede restaurar."
+    },
+    "picker": {
+      "capped": "Se muestran los {count} más recientes. Usa la búsqueda para encontrar un documento más antiguo."
     }
   },
   "selfDescription": {
diff --git a/messages/fr.json b/messages/fr.json
index f44944f05..496a689ea 100644
--- a/messages/fr.json
+++ b/messages/fr.json
@@ -12491,6 +12491,9 @@
       "purgeFailed": "Impossible de supprimer le document.",
       "purgeConfirmTitle": "Supprimer ce document définitivement ?",
       "purgeConfirmBody": "Il est supprimé maintenant plutôt qu'à la fin du délai d'attente et ne peut pas être restauré."
+    },
+    "picker": {
+      "capped": "Les {count} plus récents sont affichés. Utilisez la recherche pour trouver un document plus ancien."
     }
   },
   "selfDescription": {
diff --git a/messages/it.json b/messages/it.json
index ca17d5d5d..f0291f68c 100644
--- a/messages/it.json
+++ b/messages/it.json
@@ -12491,6 +12491,9 @@
       "purgeFailed": "Impossibile eliminare il documento.",
       "purgeConfirmTitle": "Eliminare definitivamente questo documento?",
       "purgeConfirmBody": "Viene rimosso ora anziché alla fine del periodo di attesa e non può essere ripristinato."
+    },
+    "picker": {
+      "capped": "Sono mostrati i {count} più recenti. Usa la ricerca per trovare un documento più vecchio."
     }
   },
   "selfDescription": {
diff --git a/messages/ko.json b/messages/ko.json
index 3dd8f5bb9..d725f3894 100644
--- a/messages/ko.json
+++ b/messages/ko.json
@@ -12491,6 +12491,9 @@
       "purgeFailed": "문서를 삭제하지 못했어요.",
       "purgeConfirmTitle": "이 문서를 완전히 삭제할까요?",
       "purgeConfirmBody": "대기 기간이 끝나기 전에 지금 삭제되며 복구할 수 없습니다."
+    },
+    "picker": {
+      "capped": "최신 {count}개를 보여 줘요. 이전 문서는 검색으로 찾아 주세요."
     }
   },
   "selfDescription": {
diff --git a/messages/nl.json b/messages/nl.json
index cfe154d6e..eb10a6fe9 100644
--- a/messages/nl.json
+++ b/messages/nl.json
@@ -12491,6 +12491,9 @@
       "purgeFailed": "Het document kon niet worden verwijderd.",
       "purgeConfirmTitle": "Dit document definitief verwijderen?",
       "purgeConfirmBody": "Het wordt nu verwijderd in plaats van aan het einde van de wachttijd en kan niet worden hersteld."
+    },
+    "picker": {
+      "capped": "De nieuwste {count} staan hier. Zoek om een ouder document te vinden."
     }
   },
   "selfDescription": {
diff --git a/messages/pl.json b/messages/pl.json
index b426ef853..a68ec2c75 100644
--- a/messages/pl.json
+++ b/messages/pl.json
@@ -12491,6 +12491,9 @@
       "purgeFailed": "Nie udało się usunąć dokumentu.",
       "purgeConfirmTitle": "Usunąć ten dokument na stałe?",
       "purgeConfirmBody": "Zostanie usunięty teraz zamiast po okresie oczekiwania i nie będzie można go przywrócić."
+    },
+    "picker": {
+      "capped": "Widać {count} najnowszych. Starszy dokument znajdziesz przez wyszukiwanie."
     }
   },
   "selfDescription": {
diff --git a/messages/pt-BR.json b/messages/pt-BR.json
index ce959a62c..46ffffbe4 100644
--- a/messages/pt-BR.json
+++ b/messages/pt-BR.json
@@ -12491,6 +12491,9 @@
       "purgeFailed": "Não foi possível excluir o documento.",
       "purgeConfirmTitle": "Excluir este documento para sempre?",
       "purgeConfirmBody": "Ele é removido agora, e não no fim do período de espera, e não pode ser restaurado."
+    },
+    "picker": {
+      "capped": "Mostrando os {count} mais recentes. Use a busca para encontrar um documento mais antigo."
     }
   },
   "selfDescription": {
diff --git a/messages/ru.json b/messages/ru.json
index d98b8a0b2..786103b21 100644
--- a/messages/ru.json
+++ b/messages/ru.json
@@ -12491,6 +12491,9 @@
       "purgeFailed": "Не удалось удалить документ.",
       "purgeConfirmTitle": "Удалить этот документ навсегда?",
       "purgeConfirmBody": "Он будет удалён сейчас, а не в конце периода ожидания, и его нельзя будет восстановить."
+    },
+    "picker": {
+      "capped": "Показаны {count} самых новых. Более старый документ найдите через поиск."
     }
   },
   "selfDescription": {
diff --git a/src/__tests__/client-fetch-limit-guard.test.ts b/src/__tests__/client-fetch-limit-guard.test.ts
index 95e2363c7..514275f8b 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/client-fetch-limit-guard.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/client-fetch-limit-guard.test.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const ALLOWLIST: readonly Allowed[] = [
     file: "components/documents/document-picker-sheet.tsx",
     limit: 50,
     reason:
-      "Search-backed picker (episode links and share links): the query narrows the whole document vault server-side.",
+      "Search-backed picker (episode links and share links): the query narrows the whole document vault server-side, and a cut list says so and points to the search.",
   },
   {
     file: "hooks/use-mood-day.ts",
diff --git a/src/components/documents/__tests__/document-picker-sheet-cap.test.tsx b/src/components/documents/__tests__/document-picker-sheet-cap.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a698cb5be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/documents/__tests__/document-picker-sheet-cap.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/**
+ * The document picker reads one page of the vault, the newest fifty. With a
+ * longer vault it listed those and said nothing, so an older report seemed
+ * not to exist unless one already knew to search for it.
+ *
+ * ResponsiveSheet portals its body, which static markup does not render, so it
+ * is mocked down to a wrapper that always shows its children.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
+
+const page = vi.hoisted(() => ({ nextCursor: null as string | null }));
+
+vi.mock("@/components/ui/responsive-sheet", () => ({
+  ResponsiveSheet: ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => (
+    <div data-slot="mock-sheet">{children}</div>
+  ),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@tanstack/react-query", () => ({
+  useQuery: () => ({
+    data: {
+      // A cut page is a full one.
+      documents: Array.from({ length: page.nextCursor ? 50 : 3 }, (_, i) => ({
+        id: `d${i}`,
+        kind: "LAB_RESULT",
+        title: `Blood panel ${i}`,
+        filename: null,
+        documentDate: "2026-10-01",
+        createdAt: "2026-10-01T08:00:00.000Z",
+      })),
+      nextCursor: page.nextCursor,
+    },
+    isPending: false,
+    isError: false,
+  }),
+}));
+
+import { I18nProvider } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
+import { DocumentPickerSheet } from "../document-picker-sheet";
+
+function render() {
+  return renderToStaticMarkup(
+    <I18nProvider initialLocale="en">
+      <DocumentPickerSheet
+        open
+        onOpenChange={() => undefined}
+        title="Link documents"
+        description="Pick documents"
+        searchPlaceholder="Search"
+        emptyLabel="No documents"
+        isPicked={() => false}
+        onToggle={() => undefined}
+      />
+    </I18nProvider>,
+  );
+}
+
+describe("DocumentPickerSheet", () => {
+  it("says the list is cut, and how to reach the rest", () => {
+    page.nextCursor = "d49";
+    const html = render();
+    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="document-picker-capped"');
+    expect(html).toContain("Showing the newest 50");
+  });
+
+  it("says nothing when every document is listed", () => {
+    page.nextCursor = null;
+    expect(render()).not.toContain('data-slot="document-picker-capped"');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/documents/document-picker-sheet.tsx b/src/components/documents/document-picker-sheet.tsx
index 6794e3650..a14908f5a 100644
--- a/src/components/documents/document-picker-sheet.tsx
+++ b/src/components/documents/document-picker-sheet.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 /**
  * The vault document picker sheet: a `ResponsiveSheet` (bottom sheet on
  * phones) with a debounced search over the person's own vault — the same
- * recall path as the vault page, one page (50) of matches, the search input
- * as the way to an older document — and one toggle row per document.
+ * recall path as the vault page, one page (50) of matches with a line that
+ * says when more exist, the search input as the way to an older document —
+ * and one toggle row per document.
  *
  * Two pickers used to carry this whole body as copies: linking documents to
  * an illness episode (each toggle writes at once) and choosing documents for
@@ -97,6 +98,8 @@ export function DocumentPickerSheet({
   });
 
   const documents = list.data?.documents ?? [];
+  // More match than one page: say so, and that the search reaches the rest.
+  const cut = Boolean(list.data?.nextCursor);
 
   return (
     <ResponsiveSheet
@@ -188,6 +191,16 @@ export function DocumentPickerSheet({
             })}
           </ul>
         )}
+        {cut && !list.isError ? (
+          <p
+            data-slot="document-picker-capped"
+            className="text-muted-foreground text-xs"
+          >
+            {t("documents.picker.capped", {
+              count: String(documents.length),
+            })}
+          </p>
+        ) : null}
       </div>
     </ResponsiveSheet>
   );