diff --git a/bin/omarchy-migrate b/bin/omarchy-migrate
index d3d4b725..fc801e35 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-migrate
+++ b/bin/omarchy-migrate
@@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ while IFS=$'\t' read -r name file marker; do
     touch "$marker"
   fi
 done < <(migration_entries)
+
+# Clear notifications queued while an update was installing migrations. The
+# substring matches both the current and legacy notification titles.
+omarchy-notification-dismiss "Omarchy Migrations" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-migrate-notify b/bin/omarchy-migrate-notify
index d503560b..8f7935b8 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-migrate-notify
+++ b/bin/omarchy-migrate-notify
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ pending_migrations=$(omarchy-migrate --pending 2>/dev/null) || exit 0
 pending_count=$(printf '%s\n' "$pending_migrations" | sed '/^[[:space:]]*$/d' | wc -l)
 
 if (( pending_count == 1 )); then
-  message="1 new Omarchy migration is available. Click to run it in a terminal."
+  message="Click to run 1 pending migration."
 else
-  message="$pending_count new Omarchy migrations are available. Click to run them in a terminal."
+  message="Click to run $pending_count pending migrations."
 fi
 
-notify_command=$(printf 'if [[ -n $(omarchy-notification-send -u critical -g  "Run Omarchy Migrations" %q -a) ]]; then omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-migrate; fi' "$message")
+notify_command=$(printf 'if [[ -n $(omarchy-notification-send -u critical -g  "Pending Omarchy Migrations" %q -a) ]]; then omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-migrate; fi' "$message")
 
 if omarchy-cmd-present systemd-run; then
   unit="omarchy-migrations-notification-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
diff --git a/test/shell.d/migrate-notify-test.sh b/test/shell.d/migrate-notify-test.sh
index 58850225..9b182acb 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/migrate-notify-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/migrate-notify-test.sh
@@ -24,14 +24,27 @@ chmod +x "$stub_bin/omarchy-migrate"
 
 cat >"$stub_bin/systemd-run" <<'SH'
 #!/bin/bash
-exit 1
+if [[ ${OMARCHY_TEST_SYSTEMD_RUN:-run} == "fail" ]]; then
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+command=${!#}
+bash -c "$command"
 SH
 chmod +x "$stub_bin/systemd-run"
 
+cat >"$stub_bin/omarchy-notification-send" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+printf '%s\n' "$@" >"$OMARCHY_TEST_NOTIFY_ARGS"
+SH
+chmod +x "$stub_bin/omarchy-notification-send"
+
 run_notify() {
   HOME="$test_home" \
   PATH="$stub_bin:$ROOT/bin:$PATH" \
   OMARCHY_TEST_PENDING_MIGRATIONS="$1" \
+  OMARCHY_TEST_NOTIFY_ARGS="$test_tmp/notify-args" \
+  OMARCHY_TEST_SYSTEMD_RUN="${2:-run}" \
     "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-migrate-notify"
 }
 
@@ -40,7 +53,13 @@ run_notify 0 >"$test_tmp/not-pending.out" 2>"$test_tmp/not-pending.err"
 [[ ! -s $test_tmp/not-pending.err ]] || fail "migration notifier stays quiet on stderr without pending migrations"
 pass "migration notifier ignores users with no pending migrations"
 
-run_notify 1 >"$test_tmp/pending.out" 2>"$test_tmp/pending.err"
+run_notify 1 fail >"$test_tmp/pending.out" 2>"$test_tmp/pending.err"
 grep -q 'Omarchy has pending migrations' "$test_tmp/pending.err" || fail "migration notifier explains pending migrations without notification system"
 grep -q '200-migration.sh' "$test_tmp/pending.err" || fail "migration notifier lists pending migration names"
 pass "migration notifier reports pending migrations"
+
+run_notify 1 >"$test_tmp/notified.out" 2>"$test_tmp/notified.err"
+grep -Fx 'Pending Omarchy Migrations' "$test_tmp/notify-args" >/dev/null || fail "migration notifier uses pending migrations title"
+grep -Fx 'Click to run 1 pending migration.' "$test_tmp/notify-args" >/dev/null || fail "migration notifier describes the pending migration"
+grep -Fx '' "$test_tmp/notify-args" >/dev/null || fail "migration notifier includes the large-slot glyph"
+pass "migration notifier uses the actionable notification format"
diff --git a/test/shell.d/migrate-wrapper-test.sh b/test/shell.d/migrate-wrapper-test.sh
index c067de15..bd97fea3 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/migrate-wrapper-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/migrate-wrapper-test.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ trap 'rm -rf "$test_tmp"' EXIT
 
 test_root="$test_tmp/omarchy"
 test_home="$test_tmp/home"
-mkdir -p "$test_root/migrations" "$test_home"
+stub_bin="$test_tmp/bin"
+mkdir -p "$test_root/migrations" "$test_home" "$stub_bin"
+
+cat >"$stub_bin/omarchy-notification-dismiss" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+printf '%s\n' "$1" >>"$TEST_DISMISSALS"
+SH
+chmod +x "$stub_bin/omarchy-notification-dismiss"
 
 cat >"$test_root/migrations/100-migration.sh" <<'SH'
 echo migration >>"$TEST_CALLS"
@@ -18,7 +25,9 @@ SH
 run_migrate() {
   HOME="$test_home" \
   OMARCHY_PATH="$test_root" \
+  PATH="$stub_bin:$ROOT/bin:$PATH" \
   TEST_CALLS="$test_tmp/calls" \
+  TEST_DISMISSALS="$test_tmp/dismissals" \
     "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-migrate" "$@"
 }
 
@@ -27,6 +36,9 @@ run_migrate >"$test_tmp/migrate.out"
 [[ $(sed -n '1p' "$test_tmp/calls") == "migration" ]] || fail "omarchy-migrate runs pending migrations"
 pass "omarchy-migrate runs migrations without force"
 
+grep -Fx 'Omarchy Migrations' "$test_tmp/dismissals" >/dev/null || fail "omarchy-migrate dismisses migration notifications"
+pass "omarchy-migrate clears completed migration notifications"
+
 rm -rf "$test_home/.local/state/omarchy/migrations"
 run_migrate --pending >"$test_tmp/pending.out"
 grep -q '^100-migration\.sh$' "$test_tmp/pending.out" || fail "omarchy-migrate --pending lists pending migrations"