diff --git a/docs/brave-search.md b/docs/brave-search.md
index ba18a6c552d..51b69937c9e 100644
--- a/docs/brave-search.md
+++ b/docs/brave-search.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ OpenClaw uses Brave Search as the default provider for `web_search`.
 ## Notes
 
 - The Data for AI plan is **not** compatible with `web_search`.
-- Brave provides a free tier plus paid plans; check the Brave API portal for current limits.
+- Brave provides paid plans; check the Brave API portal for current limits.
+- Brave limits the use for AI, ruling out the "use the Search Results to create, evaluate, train, re-train, fine-tune, benchmark or otherwise improve artificial intelligence models or services offered by Customer or third parties". As long as you are not involved in AI model creation, don't use AI models that store usage data for improvement (e.g. many free OpenRouter models), or provide OpenClaw as a service for others, you _should_ be good. This is, however, not legal advice---Check the Terms of Service.
 
 See [Web tools](/tools/web) for the full web_search configuration.
diff --git a/docs/tools/web.md b/docs/tools/web.md
index c452782cad8..d9294bca3f7 100644
--- a/docs/tools/web.md
+++ b/docs/tools/web.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ These are **not** browser automation. For JS-heavy sites or logins, use the
 
 | Provider            | Pros                                         | Cons                                     | API Key                                      |
 | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
-| **Brave** (default) | Fast, structured results, free tier          | Traditional search results               | `BRAVE_API_KEY`                              |
+| **Brave** (default) | Fast, structured results, ltd. no AI clause  | Traditional search results               | `BRAVE_API_KEY`                              |
 | **Perplexity**      | AI-synthesized answers, citations, real-time | Requires Perplexity or OpenRouter access | `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` or `PERPLEXITY_API_KEY` |
 | **Gemini**          | Google Search grounding, AI-synthesized      | Requires Gemini API key                  | `GEMINI_API_KEY`                             |
 | **Grok**            | xAI web-grounded responses                   | Requires xAI API key                     | `XAI_API_KEY`                                |
@@ -94,9 +94,14 @@ Example: switch to Perplexity Sonar (direct API):
 2. In the dashboard, choose the **Data for Search** plan (not “Data for AI”) and generate an API key.
 3. Run `openclaw configure --section web` to store the key in config (recommended), or set `BRAVE_API_KEY` in your environment.
 
-Brave provides a free tier plus paid plans; check the Brave API portal for the
+Brave provides paid plans; check the Brave API portal for the
 current limits and pricing.
 
+Brave limits the use for AI, ruling out the "use the Search Results to create, evaluate, train, re-train, fine-tune, benchmark
+or otherwise improve artificial intelligence models or services offered by Customer or third parties". As long as you are not
+involved in AI model creation, don't use AI models that store usage data for improvement (e.g. many free OpenRouter models), or
+provide OpenClaw as a service for others, you _should_ be good. This is, however, not legal advice---Check the Terms of Service.
+
 ### Where to set the key (recommended)
 
 **Recommended:** run `openclaw configure --section web`. It stores the key in