diff --git a/sources/src/caching-report.ts b/sources/src/caching-report.ts
index 548b60ee..6105cf39 100644
--- a/sources/src/caching-report.ts
+++ b/sources/src/caching-report.ts
@@ -56,17 +56,13 @@ function renderHeading(status: CacheStatus, providerNote?: ProviderNote): string
     if (!isActive(status)) {
         const label =
             status === 'disabled-existing-home' ? 'Skipped' : status === 'not-available' ? 'Unavailable' : 'Disabled'
-        return `<h4>Gradle Caching — ${label}</h4>`
+        return `<h4>Gradle State Caching — ${label}</h4>`
     }
 
-    const icon = providerNote?.kind === 'basic' ? '🛡️ ' : providerNote?.kind === 'enhanced' ? '⚡ ' : ''
-    const provider =
-        providerNote?.kind === 'basic'
-            ? ' — Basic Provider'
-            : providerNote?.kind === 'enhanced'
-              ? ' — Enhanced Provider'
-              : ''
-    return `<h4>${icon}Gradle Caching${provider}</h4>`
+    const icon = providerNote?.kind === 'basic' ? '🛡️' : '⚡'
+    const provider = providerNote?.kind === 'basic' ? 'Basic' : 'Enhanced'
+    const suffix = status === 'read-only' ? ' (read-only)' : status === 'write-only' ? ' (write-only)' : ''
+    return `<h4>Gradle State Caching — ${icon} ${provider}${suffix}</h4>`
 }
 
 function renderCleanupLine(cleanup?: CacheCleanupStatus): string | undefined {
@@ -78,7 +74,7 @@ function renderProviderNote(providerNote?: ProviderNote): string | undefined {
         return undefined
     }
     if (providerNote.kind === 'enhanced') {
-        return `**[Enhanced Caching](${DOCS}#enhanced-caching)** is provided by the proprietary \`gradle-actions-caching\` provider. See [DISTRIBUTION.md](${DISTRIBUTION}) for terms of use and opt-out instructions.`
+        return `**[Enhanced Caching](${DOCS}#enhanced-caching)** uses the proprietary \`gradle-actions-caching\` provider. See [DISTRIBUTION.md](${DISTRIBUTION}) for terms of use and opt-out instructions.`
     }
     return `**[Basic Caching](${DOCS}#basic-caching)** uses the basic open-source provider. For faster builds and advanced features, consider the **[Enhanced Caching](${DOCS}#enhanced-caching)** provider. See [DISTRIBUTION.md](${DISTRIBUTION}) for details.`
 }
diff --git a/sources/test/jest/caching-report.test.ts b/sources/test/jest/caching-report.test.ts
index 091175dd..49ef7050 100644
--- a/sources/test/jest/caching-report.test.ts
+++ b/sources/test/jest/caching-report.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('renderCachingReport', () => {
         const report: CacheReport = {status: 'read-only', cleanup: 'disabled-readonly', entries: [entry()]}
         const md = renderCachingReport(report, ENHANCED)
 
-        expect(md).toContain('<h4>⚡ Gradle Caching — Enhanced Provider</h4>')
+        expect(md).toContain('<h4>Gradle State Caching — ⚡ Enhanced (read-only)</h4>')
         expect(md).toContain('[Enhanced Caching]')
         expect(md).toContain('`gradle-actions-caching`')
         expect(md).toContain('DISTRIBUTION.md')
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('renderCachingReport', () => {
         const report: CacheReport = {status: 'enabled', cleanup: 'enabled', entries: [entry()]}
         const md = renderCachingReport(report, ENHANCED)
 
-        expect(md).toContain('<h4>⚡ Gradle Caching — Enhanced Provider</h4>')
+        expect(md).toContain('<h4>Gradle State Caching — ⚡ Enhanced</h4>')
         // status and cleanup messages are within the expando, after the summary
         const detailsBody = md.slice(md.indexOf('</summary>'))
         expect(detailsBody).toContain('Cache was enabled')
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe('renderCachingReport', () => {
         }
         const md = renderCachingReport(report, BASIC)
 
-        expect(md).toContain('<h4>🛡️ Gradle Caching — Basic Provider</h4>')
+        expect(md).toContain('<h4>Gradle State Caching — 🛡️ Basic (read-only)</h4>')
         expect(md).toContain('[Basic Caching]')
         expect(md).toContain('[Enhanced Caching]')
         expect(md).toContain('DISTRIBUTION.md')
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('renderCachingReport', () => {
         const report: CacheReport = {status: 'disabled', entries: []}
         const md = renderCachingReport(report, undefined)
 
-        expect(md).toContain('<h4>Gradle Caching — Disabled</h4>')
+        expect(md).toContain('<h4>Gradle State Caching — Disabled</h4>')
         expect(md).toContain('Caching was disabled')
         expect(md).not.toContain('<details>')
         expect(md).not.toContain('DISTRIBUTION.md')
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ describe('renderCachingReport', () => {
         const report: CacheReport = {status: 'disabled-existing-home', entries: []}
         const md = renderCachingReport(report, ENHANCED)
 
-        expect(md).toContain('<h4>Gradle Caching — Skipped</h4>')
+        expect(md).toContain('<h4>Gradle State Caching — Skipped</h4>')
         expect(md).toContain('pre-existing Gradle User Home')
         expect(md).not.toContain('<details>')
         // no provider note for non-active states
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('renderCachingReport', () => {
         const report: CacheReport = {status: 'not-available', entries: []}
         const md = renderCachingReport(report, ENHANCED)
 
-        expect(md).toContain('<h4>Gradle Caching — Unavailable</h4>')
+        expect(md).toContain('<h4>Gradle State Caching — Unavailable</h4>')
         expect(md).not.toContain('<details>')
     })
 })