diff --git a/docs/changelog.d/+blumeops-tasks-due-recurrence.feature.md b/docs/changelog.d/+blumeops-tasks-due-recurrence.feature.md
index 3d00e1c..83072dd 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.d/+blumeops-tasks-due-recurrence.feature.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.d/+blumeops-tasks-due-recurrence.feature.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-`blumeops-tasks` now annotates each task with a signed `due:±N` offset (or `due:today`) and a `↻ <recurrence>` marker for recurring tasks, and sorts by overdue-ness (most overdue first, no-due-date last) with priority as tiebreaker.
+`blumeops-tasks` now annotates each task with a human-readable due offset (`5d overdue` / `due in 2d` / `due today`) and a `↻ <recurrence>` marker for recurring tasks, and sorts by overdue-ness (most overdue first, no-due-date last) with priority as tiebreaker.
diff --git a/mise-tasks/blumeops-tasks b/mise-tasks/blumeops-tasks
index 1c41dea..e07e9bf 100755
--- a/mise-tasks/blumeops-tasks
+++ b/mise-tasks/blumeops-tasks
@@ -189,7 +189,12 @@ def main() -> int:
         meta = []
         days = days_until_due(task)
         if days is not None:
-            meta.append(f"due:{days:+d}" if days != 0 else "due:today")
+            if days == 0:
+                meta.append("due today")
+            elif days > 0:
+                meta.append(f"{days}d overdue")
+            else:
+                meta.append(f"due in {-days}d")
         recurrence = recurrence_string(task)
         if recurrence:
             meta.append(f"↻ {recurrence}")