diff --git a/docs/src/ai/agent-panel.md b/docs/src/ai/agent-panel.md
index 76e055666c..0187d3a0b2 100644
--- a/docs/src/ai/agent-panel.md
+++ b/docs/src/ai/agent-panel.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ The sections below cover what you can do from here.
 
 By default, the Agent Panel uses Zed's first-party agent.
 
-Start a new thread with {#kb agent::NewThread}, or open the "New Thread…" menu via the `+` icon in the top-right of the panel toolbar (in the empty state, this menu is exposed as the agent selector button on the left). You can also open that menu with {#kb agent::ToggleNewThreadMenu}.
+Start a new thread with {#kb agent::NewThread}, or open the "New Thread…" menu using the agent selector button on the left (in the empty state) or the `+` icon in the top-right of the panel toolbar. You can also open that menu with {#kb agent::ToggleNewThreadMenu}.
 
 From the "New Thread…" menu you can:
 
diff --git a/docs/src/ai/external-agents.md b/docs/src/ai/external-agents.md
index 86df81e0a6..dd3f68d5b3 100644
--- a/docs/src/ai/external-agents.md
+++ b/docs/src/ai/external-agents.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Under the hood we run Gemini CLI in the background, and talk to it over ACP.
 
 ### Getting Started
 
-First open the agent panel with {#kb agent::ToggleFocus}, and then use the `+` button in the top right to start a new Gemini CLI thread.
+First open the agent panel with {#kb agent::ToggleFocus}, and then start a new Gemini CLI thread using the agent selector button on the left (in the empty state) or the `+` button in the top right.
 
 If you'd like to bind this to a keyboard shortcut, you can do so by editing your `keymap.json` file via the {#action zed::OpenKeymapFile} command to include:
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Under the hood, Zed runs the Claude Agent SDK, which runs Claude Code under the
 
 ### Getting Started
 
-Open the agent panel with {#kb agent::ToggleFocus}, and then use the `+` button in the top right to start a new Claude Agent thread.
+Open the agent panel with {#kb agent::ToggleFocus}, and then start a new Claude Agent thread using the agent selector button on the left (in the empty state) or the `+` button in the top right.
 
 If you'd like to bind this to a keyboard shortcut, you can do so by editing your `keymap.json` file via the {#action zed::OpenKeymapFile} command to include:
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Under the hood, Zed runs Codex CLI and communicates to it over ACP, through [a d
 ### Getting Started
 
 As of version `0.208`, you should be able to use Codex directly from Zed.
-Open the agent panel with {#kb agent::ToggleFocus}, and then use the `+` button in the top right to start a new Codex thread.
+Open the agent panel with {#kb agent::ToggleFocus}, and then start a new Codex thread using the agent selector button on the left (in the empty state) or the `+` button in the top right.
 
 If you'd like to bind this to a keyboard shortcut, you can do so by editing your `keymap.json` file via the {#action zed::OpenKeymapFile} command to include: