diff --git a/src/agentMode/ui/ModelEnableList.tsx b/src/agentMode/ui/ModelEnableList.tsx
index 532295b3..3594b752 100644
--- a/src/agentMode/ui/ModelEnableList.tsx
+++ b/src/agentMode/ui/ModelEnableList.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
 import { Collapsible, CollapsibleContent, CollapsibleTrigger } from "@/components/ui/collapsible";
 import { FreeModelWarningIcon } from "@/components/ui/FreeModelWarningIcon";
+import { HelpTooltip } from "@/components/ui/help-tooltip";
 import { ModelCapabilityIcons, hasCapabilityIcons } from "@/components/ui/model-display";
 import { SearchBar } from "@/components/ui/SearchBar";
 import { SettingSwitch } from "@/components/ui/setting-switch";
 import type { ModelCapability } from "@/constants";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
-import { ChevronRight } from "lucide-react";
+import { ChevronRight, KeyRound } from "lucide-react";
 import React from "react";
 
 /** A single toggleable model row. */
@@ -39,11 +40,17 @@ export interface ModelEnableGroup {
   /** Group heading — a provider display name (no glyphs/avatars). */
   label: string;
   /**
-   * Origin badge (e.g. "BYOK", "Agent Provided"). Set only when the list spans
-   * multiple origins, so it actually disambiguates. Copilot Plus carries no
-   * badge — its label already reads "Copilot Plus".
+   * Short badge shown after the label. For most origins it's an origin tag
+   * (e.g. "BYOK", "Agent Provided") set only when the list spans multiple
+   * origins, so it actually disambiguates. Copilot Plus instead carries a
+   * "privacy" badge.
    */
   badge?: string;
+  /**
+   * Optional hover hint rendered as a small icon after the badge (e.g.
+   * "Copilot license required" for the Copilot Plus group).
+   */
+  tooltip?: string;
   /**
    * Visually emphasize the group header (accent color). Set for Copilot Plus,
    * which the caller also floats to the top of the list.
@@ -126,7 +133,7 @@ export const ModelEnableList: React.FC<ModelEnableListProps> = ({
     <div className="tw-flex tw-flex-col tw-gap-2">
       <SearchBar value={query} onChange={onQueryChange} placeholder={searchPlaceholder} />
 
-      <div className="tw-max-h-80 tw-overflow-y-auto tw-pr-1">
+      <div className="tw-max-h-[36rem] tw-overflow-y-auto tw-pr-1">
         {!hasRows ? (
           <div className="tw-py-6 tw-text-center tw-text-sm tw-text-muted">
             {emptyState ?? (searching ? `No models match “${query.trim()}”.` : "No models.")}
@@ -162,6 +169,11 @@ export const ModelEnableList: React.FC<ModelEnableListProps> = ({
                           {group.badge}
                         </Badge>
                       )}
+                      {group.tooltip && (
+                        <HelpTooltip content={group.tooltip} side="top" buttonClassName="tw-size-4">
+                          <KeyRound className="tw-size-3.5 tw-shrink-0 tw-text-muted" />
+                        </HelpTooltip>
+                      )}
                     </div>
                   </CollapsibleTrigger>
                   <CollapsibleContent>
diff --git a/src/settings/v2/components/configuredModelGrouping.test.ts b/src/settings/v2/components/configuredModelGrouping.test.ts
index 021449cb..c36a01e8 100644
--- a/src/settings/v2/components/configuredModelGrouping.test.ts
+++ b/src/settings/v2/components/configuredModelGrouping.test.ts
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ describe("buildModelEnableGroups", () => {
     expect(groups.find((g) => g.label === "opencode")?.badge).toBe("Agent Provided");
   });
 
-  it("floats Copilot Plus to the top, highlights it, and gives it no redundant badge", () => {
+  it("floats Copilot Plus to the top, highlights it, and gives it the privacy badge + license tooltip", () => {
     const plusProvider: Provider = {
       providerId: "plus-1",
       providerType: "anthropic",
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ describe("buildModelEnableGroups", () => {
     // Copilot Plus is first regardless of candidate order.
     expect(groups[0].key).toBe("byok:plus-1");
     expect(groups[0].highlight).toBe(true);
-    expect(groups[0].badge).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(groups[0].badge).toBe("privacy");
+    expect(groups[0].tooltip).toBe("Copilot license required");
     // Non-Plus groups are not highlighted.
     expect(groups.find((g) => g.key === "byok:byok-1")?.highlight).toBeUndefined();
   });
diff --git a/src/settings/v2/components/configuredModelGrouping.ts b/src/settings/v2/components/configuredModelGrouping.ts
index 71c1e20b..a631f15b 100644
--- a/src/settings/v2/components/configuredModelGrouping.ts
+++ b/src/settings/v2/components/configuredModelGrouping.ts
@@ -214,12 +214,15 @@ export function buildModelEnableGroups(
   }
 
   // Copilot Plus is highlighted and floated to the top; its provider name
-  // already reads "Copilot Plus", so it carries no disambiguating badge. Every
-  // other origin gets a badge only when the list actually mixes origins.
+  // already reads "Copilot Plus", so instead of a disambiguating origin badge
+  // it carries a "privacy" badge plus a license-required hover hint. Every
+  // other origin gets an origin badge only when the list mixes origins.
   const mixed = new Set(out.map((o) => o.kind)).size > 1;
   for (const o of out) {
     if (o.kind === "copilot-plus") {
       o.group.highlight = true;
+      o.group.badge = "privacy";
+      o.group.tooltip = "Copilot license required";
     } else if (mixed) {
       o.group.badge = originBadgeLabel(o.kind);
     }