diff --git a/Sources/InkletMac/Models/AppModel.swift b/Sources/InkletMac/Models/AppModel.swift
index 0751db3..6ea6bfb 100644
--- a/Sources/InkletMac/Models/AppModel.swift
+++ b/Sources/InkletMac/Models/AppModel.swift
@@ -318,10 +318,10 @@ final class AppModel {
         return devices.first { $0.id == device.id } ?? device
     }
 
-    /// Claims a hardware display with the bind URI it handed over during
-    /// Bluetooth setup, and puts it at the top of the list.
-    func bindDisplay(uri: String) async throws -> Device {
-        guard let credential = DisplayBindCredential(uri: uri) else {
+    /// Claims a hardware display with the credential it handed over during
+    /// Bluetooth setup (`inklet://bind?…`), and puts it at the top of the list.
+    func bindDisplay(credential raw: String) async throws -> Device {
+        guard let credential = DisplayBindCredential(uri: raw) else {
             throw DisplayBindError.invalidCredential
         }
         let dto: DeviceDTO
diff --git a/Sources/InkletMac/Views/PairDisplayView.swift b/Sources/InkletMac/Views/PairDisplayView.swift
index 1ff5b4c..66181ed 100644
--- a/Sources/InkletMac/Views/PairDisplayView.swift
+++ b/Sources/InkletMac/Views/PairDisplayView.swift
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct PairDisplayView: View {
         .background(Ink.bg)
         .navigationTitle("Pair Display")
         .onAppear {
-            flow.bindHandler = { uri in try await model.bindDisplay(uri: uri).id }
+            flow.bindHandler = { credential in try await model.bindDisplay(credential: credential).id }
             flow.start()
         }
         .onDisappear { flow.stop() }
diff --git a/Sources/InkletSetupKit/SetupFlow.swift b/Sources/InkletSetupKit/SetupFlow.swift
index 3d79f50..5ccda2b 100644
--- a/Sources/InkletSetupKit/SetupFlow.swift
+++ b/Sources/InkletSetupKit/SetupFlow.swift
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import Foundation
 ///   pick display (or scan its QR) → enter the code on its screen → pick the
 ///   Wi-Fi it should join → wait for it to join → claim it for this account.
 ///
-/// Claiming uses the display's bind credential (the `inklet://bind?…` URI its
+/// Claiming uses the display's credential (the `inklet://bind?…` URI its
 /// NFC tag carries), handed over inside the code-secured session; the app
 /// supplies `bindHandler` to post it to `POST /api/devices/bind/nfc`.
 @MainActor
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public final class InkletSetupFlow: ObservableObject {
     /// next action.
     @Published public var errorMessage: String?
 
-    /// Claims the display with its bind URI; returns the new device id if known.
+    /// Claims the display with its credential; returns the new device id if known.
     public var bindHandler: (@MainActor (String) async throws -> String?)?
 
     private var session: InkletSetupSession?
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ public final class InkletSetupFlow: ObservableObject {
         self.session = nil
         central.stopScanning()
 
-        guard let uri = info?.bind, !uri.isEmpty, let bindHandler else {
+        guard let credential = info?.credential, !credential.isEmpty, let bindHandler else {
             step = .finished(.wifiOnly)
             return
         }
         step = .binding
         do {
-            step = .finished(.bound(deviceID: try await bindHandler(uri)))
+            step = .finished(.bound(deviceID: try await bindHandler(credential)))
         } catch {
             let message = (error as? LocalizedError)?.errorDescription ?? error.localizedDescription
             step = .finished(.bindFailed(message))
diff --git a/Sources/InkletSetupKit/SetupModels.swift b/Sources/InkletSetupKit/SetupModels.swift
index 9b0b9a4..039fc4d 100644
--- a/Sources/InkletSetupKit/SetupModels.swift
+++ b/Sources/InkletSetupKit/SetupModels.swift
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ public struct InkletWiFiNetwork: Identifiable, Hashable, Sendable {
     }
 }
 
-/// What the display reports about itself over the secured session. `bind` is
-/// the display's claim credential — the same `inklet://bind?v=2&…` URI its NFC
-/// tag carries — when the factory issued one.
+/// What the display reports about itself over the secured session.
+/// `credential` is its claim credential — `inklet://bind?v=2&…`, the same one
+/// its NFC tag carries — when it has been issued one.
 public struct InkletDisplayInfo: Decodable, Equatable, Sendable {
     public let hwId: String
     public let thingName: String
     public let firmware: String?
-    public let bind: String?
+    public let credential: String?
 }
 
 /// The setup screen's QR code: Espressif's standard provisioning JSON,
diff --git a/Tests/InkletSetupKitTests/SetupKitTests.swift b/Tests/InkletSetupKitTests/SetupKitTests.swift
index 54de05d..5aa7f85 100644
--- a/Tests/InkletSetupKitTests/SetupKitTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/InkletSetupKitTests/SetupKitTests.swift
@@ -91,3 +91,13 @@ private func hex(_ s: String) -> Data {
     #expect(InkletSetupQR("inklet://bind?v=2") == nil)
     #expect(InkletSetupQR(#"{"name":"INKLET-2078","pop":"X","transport":"softap"}"#) == nil)
 }
+
+// The display hands its claim credential over as "credential"; absent means
+// none was issued.
+@Test func deviceInfoReadsTheCredential() throws {
+    let uri = "inklet://bind?v=2&kid=nfc-master-2026-01&hw=92be8ee85ee74c7b9ea7de00b6eb3801&cv=1&p=fsArTXVRLZ4Oc9EqH-zb0w"
+    let issued = #"{"hwId":"92be","thingName":"inklet-92be","credential":"\#(uri)"}"#
+    let none = #"{"hwId":"92be","thingName":"inklet-92be","firmware":"x"}"#
+    #expect(try JSONDecoder().decode(InkletDisplayInfo.self, from: Data(issued.utf8)).credential == uri)
+    #expect(try JSONDecoder().decode(InkletDisplayInfo.self, from: Data(none.utf8)).credential == nil)
+}