diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/NodePrefs.h b/examples/companion_radio/NodePrefs.h
index e89a4605..e726cc4e 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/NodePrefs.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/NodePrefs.h
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ struct NodePrefs {  // persisted to file
   uint8_t  alarm_min;   // 0-59
 
   // On-screen keyboard layout, shared across every text-entry screen (Settings >
-  // Keyboard). 0=QWERTY grid (default), 1=T9 multi-tap (phone-keypad groups,
-  // cycled with repeated Enter presses — see KeyboardWidget.h).
+  // Keyboard). 0=ABC grid, alphabetical order (default), 1=T9 multi-tap
+  // (phone-keypad groups, cycled with repeated Enter presses — see KeyboardWidget.h).
   uint8_t  keyboard_type;
 
   // Single source of truth for the live-share option tables (shared by the Map
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/KeyboardWidget.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/KeyboardWidget.h
index fb571b5a..06648f34 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/KeyboardWidget.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/KeyboardWidget.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static const int KB_SPECIAL    = 6;   // ⇧ ⎵ ⌫ {} #@/abc ✓
 // presses on the same cell within KB_T9_TIMEOUT_MS cycle through the group, ending
 // on the cell's own digit (computed as '1'+cell, not stored here) before wrapping.
 // Keys 0/*/# aren't part of the grid — space/backspace/etc. already live on the
-// special row below, shared with the QWERTY layout.
+// special row below, shared with the ABC layout.
 static const int KB_T9_ROWS = 3;
 static const int KB_T9_COLS = 3;
 static const uint32_t KB_T9_TIMEOUT_MS = 800;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct KeyboardWidget {
 
   // Live setting lookup — set once by UITask::begin(). NULL only in tests/tools
   // that construct a KeyboardWidget standalone, in which case isT9() defaults
-  // to QWERTY.
+  // to ABC.
   NodePrefs* prefs = nullptr;
   bool isT9() const { return prefs && prefs->keyboard_type == 1; }
 
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/SettingsScreen.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/SettingsScreen.h
index 39f67383..7fea6e29 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/SettingsScreen.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/SettingsScreen.h
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ class SettingsScreen : public UIScreen {
     } else if (item == KEYBOARD_TYPE) {
       display.print("Type");
       display.setCursor(valCol(display), y);
-      display.print((p && p->keyboard_type) ? "T9" : "QWERTY");
+      display.print((p && p->keyboard_type) ? "T9" : "ABC");
     } else if (item == BATT_DISPLAY) {
       display.print("BattDisp");
       display.setCursor(valCol(display), y);