diff --git a/.github/FUNDING.yml b/.github/FUNDING.yml
index 2a1a36a..d0c18f9 100644
--- a/.github/FUNDING.yml
+++ b/.github/FUNDING.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Kept in step with meshterm/assets/pages/support.md deliberately. If the app offers a
 # way to chip in and this file doesn't, the two have drifted and one of them is lying.
 buy_me_a_coffee: johnputer
+patreon: MeshTerm
+# PayPal is not one of GitHub's built-in platforms, so it is a custom link, written
+# without a scheme so the sidebar shows it as cleanly as it can. It stays the donate
+# button, not a paypal.me link: a payment through the button is recorded as a donation,
+# which PayPal's purchase protection does not cover, so a donor cannot claim a refund
+# for an item that never arrived.
 custom:
-  - "https://www.patreon.com/cw/MeshTerm"
-  - "https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5RATNEJP2K5U6"
+  - "paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5RATNEJP2K5U6"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f48bea..f389bc7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ one caveat SemVer makes for a leading zero: while the major version is still `0`
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- The Support page's Patreon link is shorter, and so is its QR code.
+
 ## [0.10.1] — 2026-09-27
 
 **Three small fixes to the command line.** A mistyped `records --width` now says so instead
diff --git a/meshterm/assets/pages/support.md b/meshterm/assets/pages/support.md
index 179c373..28f5997 100644
--- a/meshterm/assets/pages/support.md
+++ b/meshterm/assets/pages/support.md
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5RATNEJP2K5U6
 
 ### Become a patron
 
-- *https://www.patreon.com/cw/MeshTerm*
+- *https://patreon.com/MeshTerm*
 
 ```qr
-https://www.patreon.com/cw/MeshTerm
+https://patreon.com/MeshTerm
 ```
 
 ## Other ways to help