diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/SecretsView.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/SecretsView.tsx
index 4b31fd80e..09d997f05 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/SecretsView.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/SecretsView.tsx
@@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ export const SecretsView = ({ addToast }: SecretsViewProps) => {
           </div>
         </div>
         <p className="secrets-sync-copy">
-          Shared passphrase used to wrap cross-node secret bundles. Both nodes in a sync pair must share the same value. Stored locally only; never transmitted. {" "}
-          <a href="/docs/secrets.md#cross-node-sync" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Learn more</a>
+          Shared passphrase used to wrap cross-node secret bundles. Both nodes in a sync pair must share the same value. Stored locally only; never transmitted.
         </p>
       </article>
 
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/SecretsView.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/SecretsView.test.tsx
index 9c142817d..35d06a886 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/SecretsView.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/SecretsView.test.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,22 @@ describe("SecretsView", () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Clear" })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it("FN-5222: does not render a docs link in the cross-node sync card", async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      "fetch",
+      vi
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce(mockJsonResponse({ ok: true, body: { secrets: [] } }))
+        .mockResolvedValueOnce(mockJsonResponse({ ok: true, body: { configured: false } })),
+    );
+
+    render(<SecretsView addToast={vi.fn()} />);
+
+    await screen.findByText("Not configured");
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("link", { name: "Learn more" })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(document.querySelector('a[href^="/docs/secrets.md"]')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("submitting matching passphrases issues PUT and re-fetches status", async () => {
     const fetchMock = vi
       .fn()