diff --git a/src/app/commands/display.rs b/src/app/commands/display.rs
index 3bac97cfb..a3d436799 100644
--- a/src/app/commands/display.rs
+++ b/src/app/commands/display.rs
@@ -554,10 +554,11 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             // still being built. Acknowledge them with an honest status so the
             // button responds instead of reporting an unknown command; each is
             // replaced by its real handler as the feature lands.
-            // OBJECTSCALE — mark the selected objects annotative by attaching the
-            // AcAnnotativeData XData record the tessellator already honours, so
-            // they scale with the current annotation scale.
-            cmd if cmd == "OBJECTSCALE" || cmd.starts_with("OBJECTSCALE ") => {
+            // OBJECTSCALE ADD — the ribbon "Add Scale" quick action: mark the
+            // selected objects annotative by attaching the AcAnnotativeData XData
+            // record the tessellator already honours, so they scale with the
+            // current annotation scale. Bare OBJECTSCALE opens the dialog below.
+            "OBJECTSCALE ADD" => {
                 use acadrust::xdata::{ExtendedDataRecord, XDataValue};
                 let handles: Vec<acadrust::Handle> = self.tabs[i]
                     .scene
@@ -819,6 +820,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
 
             // OBJECTSCALE — open the Annotation Object Scale dialog for the
             // selected object (add / remove its per-object scale representations).
+            // Reachable now that the immediate "add current scale" quick action
+            // moved to the explicit `OBJECTSCALE ADD` keyword above.
             "OBJECTSCALE" => {
                 return Some(Task::done(Message::AnnoObjectScaleOpen));
             }
diff --git a/src/modules/annotate/mod.rs b/src/modules/annotate/mod.rs
index 2abe8f953..cb6d65f12 100644
--- a/src/modules/annotate/mod.rs
+++ b/src/modules/annotate/mod.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,11 @@ impl CadModule for AnnotateModule {
                             icon: crate::modules::IconKind::Svg(include_bytes!(
                                 "../../../assets/icons/add_scale.svg"
                             )),
-                            event: crate::modules::ModuleEvent::Command("OBJECTSCALE".to_string()),
+                            // The quick "mark annotative at the current scale"
+                            // action; bare OBJECTSCALE opens the manage dialog.
+                            event: crate::modules::ModuleEvent::Command(
+                                "OBJECTSCALE ADD".to_string(),
+                            ),
                         }),
                         RibbonItem::Tool(crate::modules::ToolDef {
                             id: "SCALELISTEDIT",