diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CommandPalette.tsx b/frontend/src/components/CommandPalette.tsx
index 70ebb99..4c38a26 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/CommandPalette.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/CommandPalette.tsx
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ function CommandPaletteDialog({ onClose }: { onClose: () => void }) {
         <div className="flex items-center gap-3 border-t border-ctp-surface1 px-4 py-2 text-[10px] text-ctp-overlay0">
           <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
             <Images className="h-3 w-3 shrink-0" /> Enter searches the
-            highlighted tag · + follows it
+            highlighted tag — the + button only follows/unfollows
           </span>
           <span className="ml-auto font-mono">↑↓ · Esc</span>
         </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/follows/TagFollowToggle.tsx b/frontend/src/features/follows/TagFollowToggle.tsx
index 581a8f6..bbeda0b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/follows/TagFollowToggle.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/features/follows/TagFollowToggle.tsx
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ export function TagFollowToggle({ tag }: { tag: string }) {
     <button
       type="button"
       onClick={handleClick}
+      onMouseDown={(event) => {
+        // Keep focus where it was (e.g. the Ctrl+K input) so a following
+        // Enter press searches instead of re-triggering this toggle.
+        event.preventDefault();
+      }}
       disabled={busy || query.isPending}
       title={error ?? (followed ? `Unfollow ${tag}` : `Follow ${tag}`)}
       aria-label={followed ? `Unfollow ${tag}` : `Follow ${tag}`}