diff --git a/frontend/src/__tests__/savings-history.test.ts b/frontend/src/__tests__/savings-history.test.ts
index 3d195c76e..70c9f93a9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/__tests__/savings-history.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/__tests__/savings-history.test.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ describe('Savings History Module', () => {
         <p class="help-text">Data will be collected hourly once you have active purchases.</p>
       </div>
       <div id="savings-stats">
+        <h4 id="period-savings-label">Period Savings</h4>
         <span id="period-savings">$0</span>
+        <p id="period-savings-unit">shown in monthly equivalents</p>
         <h4 id="avg-savings-label">Avg Monthly Savings</h4>
         <span id="avg-hourly-savings">$0/mo</span>
         <span id="peak-savings">$0/mo</span>
@@ -1278,21 +1280,24 @@ describe('Savings History Module', () => {
     test('period savings (cumulative total) also converts with unit toggle', async () => {
       (getSavingsAnalytics as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue(mockData);
 
-      // Monthly
+      // Monthly: value is clean dollar total; sub-line reflects view mode
       await loadSavingsHistory();
       const periodElMonthly = document.getElementById('period-savings');
       expect(periodElMonthly?.textContent).toBe('$730.00');
+      expect(document.getElementById('period-savings-unit')?.textContent).toContain('monthly');
 
-      // Hourly: 730 / 730 = 1.00
+      // Hourly: 730 / 730 = 1.00; sub-line updates to 'hourly'
       const unitSelect = document.getElementById('savings-unit') as HTMLSelectElement;
       unitSelect.value = 'hourly';
       await loadSavingsHistory();
       expect(document.getElementById('period-savings')?.textContent).toBe('$1.00');
+      expect(document.getElementById('period-savings-unit')?.textContent).toContain('hourly');
 
-      // Yearly: 730 * 12 = 8760 -> $8.76K
+      // Yearly: 730 * 12 = 8760 -> $8.76K; sub-line updates to 'yearly'
       unitSelect.value = 'yearly';
       await loadSavingsHistory();
       expect(document.getElementById('period-savings')?.textContent).toBe('$8.76K');
+      expect(document.getElementById('period-savings-unit')?.textContent).toContain('yearly');
     });
 
     test('chart tooltip uses selected unit suffix for period savings dataset', async () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/index.html b/frontend/src/index.html
index 4a6da5e38..57531e07f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/index.html
+++ b/frontend/src/index.html
@@ -175,8 +175,9 @@ <h2>Savings History</h2>
                     <!-- Savings Stats Cards -->
                     <div id="savings-stats" class="stats-grid">
                         <div class="stat-card">
-                            <h4>Period Savings</h4>
+                            <h4 id="period-savings-label">Period Savings</h4>
                             <p id="period-savings" class="stat-value">$0.00</p>
+                            <p class="stat-unit-context" id="period-savings-unit">shown in monthly equivalents</p>
                         </div>
                         <div class="stat-card">
                             <h4 id="avg-savings-label">Avg Monthly Savings</h4>
diff --git a/frontend/src/modules/savings-history.ts b/frontend/src/modules/savings-history.ts
index 3c57e4c9a..a7e28f3f0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/modules/savings-history.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/modules/savings-history.ts
@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ function getPeriodDates(period: string): { start: Date; end: Date; interval: 'ho
  */
 function renderSavingsStats(data: SavingsAnalyticsResponse): void {
     const periodSavingsEl = document.getElementById('period-savings');
+    // The unit indicator belongs below the value, not inside the label.
+    // Period Savings is a cumulative dollar total over the selected date range,
+    // not a per-unit rate -- the label stays plain ("Period Savings") and the
+    // sub-line (#period-savings-unit) shows which view mode is active without
+    // implying a rate.
+    const periodSavingsLabelEl = document.getElementById('period-savings-label');
+    const periodSavingsUnitEl = document.getElementById('period-savings-unit');
     const avgSavingsEl = document.getElementById('avg-hourly-savings');
     const peakSavingsEl = document.getElementById('peak-savings');
     const avgLabelEl = document.getElementById('avg-savings-label');
@@ -289,7 +296,13 @@ function renderSavingsStats(data: SavingsAnalyticsResponse): void {
     if (periodSavingsEl) {
         // Period Savings is the cumulative total over the selected date range
         // (no per-unit rate suffix -- it is already a dollar total).
-        periodSavingsEl.textContent = formatCurrency(displayTotal) + ' ' + suffix;
+        periodSavingsEl.textContent = formatCurrency(displayTotal);
+    }
+    if (periodSavingsLabelEl) {
+        periodSavingsLabelEl.textContent = 'Period Savings';
+    }
+    if (periodSavingsUnitEl) {
+        periodSavingsUnitEl.textContent = `shown in ${adjective.toLowerCase()} equivalents`;
     }
     if (avgLabelEl) {
         avgLabelEl.textContent = `Avg ${adjective} Savings`;
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/charts.css b/frontend/src/styles/charts.css
index 437fc4cd2..cd681218a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/charts.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/charts.css
@@ -61,3 +61,9 @@
     font-weight: var(--cudly-fw-bold);
     color: var(--cudly-primary);
 }
+
+.stat-unit-context {
+    font-size: 0.85rem;
+    color: var(--cudly-text-muted);
+    margin-top: 0.25rem;
+}