diff --git a/crates/tools/src/cursors.toml b/crates/tools/src/cursors.toml
index 362262b488..4f1d123ae4 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/cursors.toml
+++ b/crates/tools/src/cursors.toml
@@ -599,14 +599,14 @@ look = "PencilStraight's badge with a small filled square at the line's lower en
 [[cursor]]
 id = "Paintbrush"
 group = "Drawing and editing tools"
-shown_when = ["The Paintbrush tool: draws a brushed freeform path (with pen pressure), continuing a selected path from its end; Alt closes it."]
+shown_when = ["The Paintbrush tool: draws a brushed freeform path (with pen pressure), continuing a selected path from its end; Alt closes it, except that Alt held at the press with a path selected that the Smooth tool can act on smooths that path (see Smooth)."]
 hotspot = "The bristle tip."
 
 [[cursor]]
 id = "PaintbrushClose"
 group = "Drawing and editing tools"
 shown_when = [
-    "The Paintbrush tool with Alt held, before a press and while drawing: releasing the mouse button with Alt still held closes the path.",
+    "The Paintbrush tool with Alt held while drawing, or before a press when no path is selected that the Smooth tool can act on (with one selected, Smooth shows): releasing the mouse button with Alt still held closes the path.",
     "The Paintbrush tool while a stroke is drawn back to within Close Paths When Ends Are Within of its start: releasing the mouse button there closes the path.",
 ]
 hotspot = "The bristle tip."
@@ -632,6 +632,8 @@ group = "Drawing and editing tools"
 shown_when = [
     "The Smooth tool: a drag along a selected path smooths it.",
     "The Pencil tool with Alt key toggles to Smooth Tool on: with Alt held before a stroke begins to draw, and through a drag that smooths.",
+    "The Paintbrush tool with Alt held before a press while a path is selected that the Smooth tool can act on (an editable path, not a guide, with three or more anchors on one of its subpaths), and through a drag that smooths.",
+    "The Blob Brush tool with Alt held before a press, or before the drag has moved from the press point, and through a drag that smooths.",
 ]
 hotspot = "The tip."
 
diff --git a/crates/tools/src/draw2/gesture/tests.rs b/crates/tools/src/draw2/gesture/tests.rs
index a0fe487289..567f6aee1f 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/draw2/gesture/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/draw2/gesture/tests.rs
@@ -1034,6 +1034,8 @@ fn paintbrush_alt_after_press_closes_without_smoothing_and_empty_selection_draws
     let selected_cx = cx(&d, &selected, &p);
     t.pointer(&selected_cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Down, pts[0].0, pts[0].1));
     t.pointer(&selected_cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Drag, pts[1].0, pts[1].1).with_mods(alt));
+    // While drawing, Alt shows the closing ring though the selection could be smoothed.
+    assert_eq!(t.cursor(&selected_cx, Point::new(pts[1].0, pts[1].1), alt), Cursor::PaintbrushClose);
     let last = t.pointer(&selected_cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Up, pts[2].0, pts[2].1).with_mods(alt));
     assert!(matches!(last.first(), Some(Action::Preview(c, v)) if c == "path.freehand" && v["closed"] == true), "{last:?}");
     let cx = cx(&d, &empty, &p);
@@ -1041,7 +1043,8 @@ fn paintbrush_alt_after_press_closes_without_smoothing_and_empty_selection_draws
     assert!(matches!(last.last().and_then(|a| a.first()), Some(Action::Preview(c, v)) if c == "path.freehand" && v["closed"] == true), "{last:?}");
 }
 
-/// The Paintbrush shows Smooth before an Alt press only with a selected path.
+/// The Paintbrush shows Smooth before an Alt press only with a selected path, and through the
+/// drag that smooths it, with Alt let go too.
 #[test]
 fn paintbrush_alt_cursor_matches_selection_at_press() {
     let (d, id) = doc_with_rect();
@@ -1050,9 +1053,14 @@ fn paintbrush_alt_cursor_matches_selection_at_press() {
     let empty = Selection::default();
     let p = paint();
     let alt = Mods { alt: true, ..Default::default() };
-    let t = GestureTool::new("paintbrush");
+    let mut t = GestureTool::new("paintbrush");
     assert_eq!(t.cursor(&cx(&d, &selected, &p), Point::new(50.0, 150.0), alt), Cursor::Smooth);
     assert_eq!(t.cursor(&cx(&d, &empty, &p), Point::new(50.0, 150.0), alt), Cursor::PaintbrushClose);
+    let selected_cx = cx(&d, &selected, &p);
+    t.pointer(&selected_cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Down, 50.0, 150.0).with_mods(alt));
+    t.pointer(&selected_cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Drag, 150.0, 150.0).with_mods(alt));
+    assert_eq!(t.cursor(&selected_cx, Point::new(150.0, 150.0), alt), Cursor::Smooth);
+    assert_eq!(t.cursor(&selected_cx, Point::new(150.0, 150.0), Mods::default()), Cursor::Smooth);
 }
 
 /// A selected text object leaves Alt Paintbrush drawing a closed stroke with its close cursor.