diff --git a/mods/diff/README.md b/mods/diff/README.md
index 9340542248..b221a113e5 100644
--- a/mods/diff/README.md
+++ b/mods/diff/README.md
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ where the focus ring starts; the plugin follows the ring's walk through
 `ui.focus` and re-centres the rows as the built-in does), the key hints;
 Enter shows that file's hunks alone,
 Escape backs out to the list and then closes, leaving `Diff dialog
-dismissed`; toasts are held while it is up. A file's ask button arms that
-file: its hunks ride the next prompt as context, once.
+dismissed`; toasts show while it is up, as beside the docked pane. A file's
+ask button arms that file: its hunks ride the next prompt as context, once.
 
 The pane compares the working tree against HEAD, split at the session's
 start (the default; the start the engine gives in `$.session.usage()`, so a
diff --git a/mods/diff/hooks/register.ts b/mods/diff/hooks/register.ts
index 3273ad0a36..519d17f574 100644
--- a/mods/diff/hooks/register.ts
+++ b/mods/diff/hooks/register.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ export function register(on: On) {
     return {
       id: Names.PANE_ID,
       title: Names.PANE_TITLE,
-      holdToasts: true,
       closeOnEscape: true,
       rows: Views.dialogRowsOf(model),
     }
@@ -439,7 +438,7 @@ export function register(on: On) {
     const opened = await engine.openPane(
       isDialog
         ? { ...dialogPane(), focus: true }
-        : { id: Names.PANE_ID, title: Names.PANE_TITLE, holdToasts: true },
+        : { id: Names.PANE_ID, title: Names.PANE_TITLE },
     )
 
     const isWaiting = isRecord(opened) && opened.isPlaced === false
diff --git a/mods/diff/tests/register.test.ts b/mods/diff/tests/register.test.ts
index 124f6d84ee..65ab8de379 100644
--- a/mods/diff/tests/register.test.ts
+++ b/mods/diff/tests/register.test.ts
@@ -358,9 +358,7 @@ describe('register', () => {
       '--show-toplevel',
     )
 
-    expect(world.opened).toEqual([
-      { id: 'diff', title: 'Diff', holdToasts: true },
-    ])
+    expect(world.opened).toEqual([{ id: 'diff', title: 'Diff' }])
 
     await world.clock.advance(Fixtures.SETTLE_MS)
 
@@ -380,7 +378,6 @@ describe('register', () => {
     expect(world.opened[0]).toEqual({
       id: 'diff',
       title: 'Diff',
-      holdToasts: true,
       closeOnEscape: true,
       rows: expect.any(Number),
       focus: true,
diff --git a/mods/diff/tests/views.test.ts b/mods/diff/tests/views.test.ts
index 1ba8ad485d..b07b606215 100644
--- a/mods/diff/tests/views.test.ts
+++ b/mods/diff/tests/views.test.ts
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ describe('views', () => {
     expect(world.opened.at(-1), 'sized to its rows once listed').toEqual({
       id: 'diff',
       title: 'Diff',
-      holdToasts: true,
       closeOnEscape: true,
       rows: 8,
     })