diff --git a/crates/qbzd/src/cli/copy.rs b/crates/qbzd/src/cli/copy.rs
index eed565f58..a490055b6 100644
--- a/crates/qbzd/src/cli/copy.rs
+++ b/crates/qbzd/src/cli/copy.rs
@@ -136,11 +136,18 @@ pub fn foreign_qbzd(addr: &str) -> String {
 /// `warning:` — an open LAN renderer (Sonos/Chromecast posture) is the
 /// intended default, the Origin shield already guards browsers, and this line
 /// just orients the operator toward the two ways to restrict it further.
-/// `addr` is the bound `ip:port`.
-pub fn lan_posture_note(addr: &str) -> String {
-    format!(
-        "control plane listening on {addr} — anyone on your network can control playback (set [server] bind = \"127.0.0.1\" or [server] token in qbzd.toml to restrict)"
-    )
+/// With `[server] token` set the API is already gated, so the line says that
+/// instead of nagging. `addr` is the bound `ip:port`.
+pub fn lan_posture_note(addr: &str, token_set: bool) -> String {
+    if token_set {
+        format!(
+            "control plane listening on {addr} — LAN clients must send the [server] token (Authorization: Bearer)"
+        )
+    } else {
+        format!(
+            "control plane listening on {addr} — anyone on your network can control playback (set [server] bind = \"127.0.0.1\" or [server] token in qbzd.toml to restrict)"
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 /// Version skew — daemon and CLI run different bin semvers (02 §1.6). A warning:
@@ -234,11 +241,12 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
-    fn lan_posture_note_renders_the_verbatim_copy() {
+    fn lan_posture_note_renders_the_verbatim_copy_when_the_api_is_open() {
         // FB6 (successor to the old LAN-exposure warning) — one INFO line logged
-        // by the daemon at boot when the control API is NOT loopback-only. This
-        // test pins the exact wording so it cannot drift from the spec.
-        let rendered = lan_posture_note("0.0.0.0:6789");
+        // by the daemon at boot when the control API is NOT loopback-only and
+        // no token gates it. This test pins the exact wording so it cannot
+        // drift from the spec.
+        let rendered = lan_posture_note("0.0.0.0:6789", false);
         assert!(
             rendered.contains("control plane listening on 0.0.0.0:6789"),
             "{rendered}"
@@ -253,4 +261,18 @@ mod tests {
             "{rendered}"
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn lan_posture_note_with_a_token_does_not_nag() {
+        let rendered = lan_posture_note("0.0.0.0:6789", true);
+        assert!(
+            rendered.contains("control plane listening on 0.0.0.0:6789"),
+            "{rendered}"
+        );
+        assert!(rendered.contains("[server] token"), "{rendered}");
+        assert!(
+            !rendered.contains("anyone on your network"),
+            "a gated API must not be described as open: {rendered}"
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/qbzd/src/daemon.rs b/crates/qbzd/src/daemon.rs
index 7cd7a1eac..2a6d6091a 100644
--- a/crates/qbzd/src/daemon.rs
+++ b/crates/qbzd/src/daemon.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,15 @@ pub async fn run(roots: ProfileRoots, cfg: QbzdConfig, warns: Vec<String>, orbit
         // FB6: the default bind is now 0.0.0.0 — LAN-first posture (Sonos/
         // Chromecast parity), not a misconfiguration. One INFO line, not a
         // stderr warning; loopback binds stay silent.
-        log::info!("{}", crate::cli::copy::lan_posture_note(&bind_addr.to_string()));
+        let token_set = cfg
+            .server
+            .token
+            .as_deref()
+            .is_some_and(|t| !t.trim().is_empty());
+        log::info!(
+            "{}",
+            crate::cli::copy::lan_posture_note(&bind_addr.to_string(), token_set)
+        );
     }
 
     // 6.-9. compose stores + runtime + restore credentials + restore session.
diff --git a/packaging/linux/qbzd-standalone-README.md b/packaging/linux/qbzd-standalone-README.md
index 0988e6805..6bf76609d 100644
--- a/packaging/linux/qbzd-standalone-README.md
+++ b/packaging/linux/qbzd-standalone-README.md
@@ -82,6 +82,27 @@ budgets exclude active streaming buffers, decoders and offline downloads. The
 policy applies live without reopening the output device.
 
 
+## Network access
+
+By default `qbzd run` listens on `0.0.0.0:8182`: any device on your network
+can control playback, the queue and your playlists, the same way a Sonos or
+Chromecast renderer is open on the LAN. Browsers are blocked by an Origin
+check; other programs are not. The daemon logs one line about this at boot.
+
+To restrict it, edit `~/.config/qbzd/qbzd.toml`:
+
+```toml
+[server]
+bind = "127.0.0.1"   # local clients only
+# or keep the LAN bind and require a token on every request:
+token = "choose-a-long-random-string"
+```
+
+With a token set, clients send `Authorization: Bearer <token>`; the `qbzd`
+CLI on the same machine picks it up from `qbzd.toml` automatically (or from
+`QBZD_TOKEN`). `qbzd setup` has the same field on its Network screen
+("Access token").
+
 ## OpenRC and runit
 
 Do not reuse the systemd unit on a non-systemd host. `qbzd` generates a