diff --git a/internal/mcp/control.go b/internal/mcp/control.go
index c661972..6d54677 100644
--- a/internal/mcp/control.go
+++ b/internal/mcp/control.go
@@ -97,7 +97,14 @@ func controlTools() []*tool {
 				if err := cc.withinGrant(protocol.OpLoadpointHold, body); err != nil {
 					return nil, err
 				}
-				return cc.command(ctx, protocol.OpLoadpointHold, body)
+				report, err := cc.command(ctx, protocol.OpLoadpointHold, body)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				if !a.Stop {
+					report["requestedHoldSeconds"] = body["hold_s"]
+				}
+				return report, nil
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -304,7 +311,7 @@ func (cc *callCtx) request(ctx context.Context, r protocol.AgentRequest) (any, e
 // a conflict; a stale one is learnt from E_CONFLICT and tried once more. A
 // client's retry of the same call within a minute reuses its command id,
 // so the box acts once.
-func (cc *callCtx) command(ctx context.Context, op string, args map[string]any) (any, error) {
+func (cc *callCtx) command(ctx context.Context, op string, args map[string]any) (map[string]any, error) {
 	c, err := cc.conn(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -496,7 +503,10 @@ func commandReport(res *protocol.CmdResult, ack *protocol.CmdAck, uptime int64)
 		out["note"] = "The box did not answer in time; it may or may not act."
 	}
 	if ack != nil && ack.ExpiresAtMs > 0 {
-		out["endsInSeconds"] = max((ack.ExpiresAtMs-uptime)/1000, 0)
+		// CmdAck names the command lease, not the wall-clock hold. Core
+		// gives a ten-minute hold the same lease as a five-minute hold.
+		out["leaseExpiresInSeconds"] = max((ack.ExpiresAtMs-uptime)/1000, 0)
+		out["leaseNote"] = "The command lease expiry is not the charging hold duration or proof of measured charging."
 	}
 	return out
 }
diff --git a/internal/mcp/control_test.go b/internal/mcp/control_test.go
index 4dface9..46bf8ea 100644
--- a/internal/mcp/control_test.go
+++ b/internal/mcp/control_test.go
@@ -61,9 +61,12 @@ func TestChargeNowIsOneTemporaryCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	out := structured(t, a, "ev_charge_now", map[string]any{"loadpoint": "lpA1", "power_w": 7400, "minutes": 10, "phase_mode": "3p"})
 	// The first command expects the revision the chargers' answer named:
 	// one command, no conflict spent on the grant's rate.
-	if out["state"] != protocol.CmdApplied || out["endsInSeconds"] == nil {
+	if out["state"] != protocol.CmdApplied || out["leaseExpiresInSeconds"] == nil || out["requestedHoldSeconds"] != float64(600) {
 		t.Fatalf("report %v", out)
 	}
+	if _, misleading := out["endsInSeconds"]; misleading {
+		t.Fatalf("the command lease was reported as a charging deadline: %v", out)
+	}
 	b.mu.Lock()
 	cmds := slices.Clone(b.cmds)
 	b.mu.Unlock()
@@ -85,6 +88,31 @@ func TestChargeNowIsOneTemporaryCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCommandLeaseIsNotTheChargingHold(t *testing.T) {
+	_, b, a := withControl(t)
+	b.mu.Lock()
+	b.cmdReply = func(c protocol.Cmd) []any {
+		return []any{protocol.CmdAck{CmdID: c.CmdID, ExpiresAtMs: 3_600_000 + 900_000},
+			protocol.CmdResult{CmdID: c.CmdID, State: protocol.CmdApplied}}
+	}
+	b.mu.Unlock()
+	out := structured(t, a, "ev_charge_now", map[string]any{"loadpoint": "lpA1", "power_w": 2300, "minutes": 10})
+	if out["requestedHoldSeconds"] != float64(600) || out["leaseExpiresInSeconds"].(float64) < 899 ||
+		!strings.Contains(out["leaseNote"].(string), "not the charging hold duration") {
+		t.Fatalf("report confused a ten-minute hold with its fifteen-minute lease: %v", out)
+	}
+	stop := structured(t, a, "ev_charge_now", map[string]any{"loadpoint": "lpA1", "stop": true})
+	if _, hasHold := stop["requestedHoldSeconds"]; hasHold {
+		t.Fatalf("release reported a requested charging duration: %v", stop)
+	}
+	for _, res := range []*protocol.CmdResult{nil, {State: protocol.CmdApplied}} {
+		r := commandReport(res, &protocol.CmdAck{ExpiresAtMs: 900_000}, 0)
+		if num(r["leaseExpiresInSeconds"]) != 900 || r["endsInSeconds"] != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("acknowledgement claimed a hold expiry: %v", r)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func num(v any) int64 {
 	switch n := v.(type) {
 	case uint64: