diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 7e3699b..8dcc204 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -240,11 +240,12 @@ graph LR
 
 </div>
 
-## Trusted by developers worldwide
+## Used by
 
 <div class="trusted-by" markdown>
 
-**Used by developers and organizations worldwide in their production workflows.**
+**Commit Check runs in repositories across these organizations, and in
+[many more](https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check-action/network/dependents).**
 
 <div class="logo-grid">
   <div class="logo-item">
@@ -323,8 +324,6 @@ graph LR
 
 </div>
 
-And [many more](https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check-action/network/dependents).
-
 ---
 
 <div class="community-section" markdown>
diff --git a/tests/docs_sync_test.py b/tests/docs_sync_test.py
index 4eac633..de9abf0 100644
--- a/tests/docs_sync_test.py
+++ b/tests/docs_sync_test.py
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ def _read_doc(name: str) -> str:
 #: A pasted failure line, e.g. ``CC003 subject-imperative check failed ==> ...``
 _SAMPLE_FAILURE = re.compile(r"(CC\d{3}) (\S+) check failed ==>")
 
+#: A pasted ``--compact`` line, e.g. ``[FAIL] CC003 subject_imperative: ...``.
+#: Indented, because these samples sit inside content tabs.
+_COMPACT_FAILURE = re.compile(r"^\s*\[FAIL\] (CC\d{3}) ([^:\s]+):", re.M)
+
 
 def _rule_section(content: str, rule_id: str) -> str:
     """Return just the part of the rules page belonging to one rule."""
@@ -39,6 +43,33 @@ def _rule_section(content: str, rule_id: str) -> str:
     return re.split(r"\{ #cc\d{3} \}", after)[0]
 
 
+def _stale_samples(pattern: re.Pattern, attribute: str, printer: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Find pasted samples that name a rule differently from the tool.
+
+    ``attribute`` is the field of the catalog entry the format prints, and
+    ``printer`` names that format in the failure message.
+
+    An unrecognised rule ID is reported rather than skipped. Skipping it would
+    mean a typo, or an ID retired upstream, could sit in a sample with every
+    test still passing — which is the exact failure these guards exist to
+    catch, so it must not be the one they wave through.
+    """
+    by_id = {entry.rule_id: entry for entry in ALL_RULES}
+    stale = []
+    for page in DOCS.rglob("*.md"):
+        for rule_id, printed in pattern.findall(page.read_text("utf-8")):
+            where = page.relative_to(DOCS)
+            entry = by_id.get(rule_id)
+            if entry is None:
+                stale.append(f"{where}: {rule_id} is not a rule the package defines")
+            elif printed != getattr(entry, attribute):
+                stale.append(
+                    f"{where}: {rule_id} shown as '{printed}', "
+                    f"{printer} prints '{getattr(entry, attribute)}'"
+                )
+    return stale
+
+
 class TestRulesDocumentation:
     """Every rule the package defines stays documented here."""
 
@@ -71,18 +102,27 @@ def test_sample_output_matches_what_the_tool_prints(self):
         to its kebab-case form, six samples across four pages kept showing the
         old one and every test still passed.
         """
-        by_id = {entry.rule_id: entry for entry in ALL_RULES}
-        stale = []
-        for page in DOCS.rglob("*.md"):
-            for rule_id, printed in _SAMPLE_FAILURE.findall(page.read_text("utf-8")):
-                entry = by_id.get(rule_id)
-                if entry and printed != entry.name:
-                    stale.append(
-                        f"{page.relative_to(DOCS)}: {rule_id} shown as "
-                        f"'{printed}', the tool prints '{entry.name}'"
-                    )
+        stale = _stale_samples(_SAMPLE_FAILURE, "name", "the tool")
         assert not stale, "sample output is out of date:\n  " + "\n  ".join(stale)
 
+    def test_compact_sample_output_matches_what_the_tool_prints(self):
+        """Pasted ``--compact`` output names rules the way that format does.
+
+        The two text formats spell a check differently: the default output
+        prints the kebab-case name, and ``--compact`` prints the config key.
+        A sample of one therefore cannot be validated against the other, and
+        the guard above only matches the default format — so the compact
+        samples were checked by nothing at all. That is the blind spot that
+        let a pre-2.13 sample sit unnoticed in the troubleshooting page.
+
+        If the two formats are ever reconciled (see commit-check#528), this
+        is what will point at the samples that need rewriting.
+        """
+        stale = _stale_samples(_COMPACT_FAILURE, "check", "--compact")
+        assert not stale, (
+            "compact sample output is out of date:\n  " + "\n  ".join(stale)
+        )
+
     def test_every_rule_explains_itself(self):
         """Each rule section must answer what it does and why it matters."""
         content = _read_doc("rules.md")