diff --git a/src/user-guide/cheat-sheet.rst b/src/user-guide/cheat-sheet.rst
index 5f9a0fbffe..51c90bf96c 100644
--- a/src/user-guide/cheat-sheet.rst
+++ b/src/user-guide/cheat-sheet.rst
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ First, make your required changes to the files in the workflow's
    cylc vr <id>
 
 If you want to quickly edit a task's configuration, e.g. while developing a
-workflow or testing changes, the 
+workflow or testing changes, the
 :ref:`"Edit Runtime" feature <interventions.edit-a-tasks-configuration>`
 in the GUI can be convenient.
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Run or re-run a task (:ref:`more info <interventions.re-run-a-task>`)::
 Mark a task as "succeeded"
 (:ref:`more info <interventions.set-task-outputs>`)::
 
-   cylc set <id>//<cycle>/<task>
+   cylc set <id>//<cycle>/<task> --out=succeeded
 
 Kill a running job::
 
diff --git a/src/user-guide/interventions/index.rst b/src/user-guide/interventions/index.rst
index 3de007fe5d..202a586473 100644
--- a/src/user-guide/interventions/index.rst
+++ b/src/user-guide/interventions/index.rst
@@ -165,8 +165,10 @@ Set Task Outputs
       .. image:: set-task-outputs.gui.gif
          :width: 75%
 
-      By default this sets the "succeeded" output, press the pencil icon next
-      to the trigger command to specify a different output.
+      By default, this sets all :term:`required outputs <required output>` for
+      the task, which usually includes ``succeeded``.
+      To specify the output(s) you would like to set,
+      press the pencil icon next to the "Set" command .
 
    .. tab-item:: Tui
       :sync: tui
@@ -174,8 +176,10 @@ Set Task Outputs
       .. image:: set-task-outputs.tui.gif
          :width: 75%
 
-      By default, this sets the "succeeded" output. Use ``cylc set --output``
-      to specify a different output.
+      By default, this sets all :term:`required outputs <required output>` for
+      the task, which usually includes ``succeeded``.
+      To specify the output(s) you would like to set,
+      use ``cylc set --output``.
 
    .. tab-item:: CLI
       :sync: cli
@@ -184,8 +188,10 @@ Set Task Outputs
 
          $ cylc set <workflow>//<task>
 
-      By default, this sets the "succeeded" output. Use the ``--output`` option
-      to specify a different output.
+      By default, this sets all :term:`required outputs <required output>` for
+      the task, which usually includes ``succeeded``.
+      To specify the output(s) you would like to set,
+      use the ``--output`` option.
 
 You can also :ref:`set task prerequisites <interventions.set-task-prerequisites>`.
 Should I set task outputs or prerequisites?
@@ -203,7 +209,7 @@ Set Task Prerequisites
 
    [scheduler]
        allow implicit tasks = True
-   
+
    [scheduling]
        [[graph]]
            R1 = """
@@ -214,7 +220,7 @@ Set Task Prerequisites
                # set prereqs "1/b2:succeeded" and "1/c:succeeded" on 1/z1
                # set prereqs "all" on 1/z2
            """
-   
+
    [runtime]
        [[b1]]
            script = sleep 600
@@ -274,10 +280,10 @@ Set a Switch Task
                switch:normal? => normal
                switch:alternate? => alternate
                normal | alternate => end
-   
+
                end[-P1] => start
            """
-   
+
    [runtime]
        [[start]]
            script = """
@@ -298,15 +304,15 @@ Set a Switch Task
    take a particular path ahead of time:
 
    .. code-block:: cylc-graph
-   
+
       start => switch
-   
+
       # by default, the workflow follows the "normal" path
       switch:normal? => normal
-   
+
       # but it can follow an alternate route if desired
       switch:alternate? => alternate
-   
+
       normal | alternate => end
 
 :Solution:
@@ -314,7 +320,7 @@ Set a Switch Task
    ``-wait`` option. Cylc will follow the desired path when it gets there.
 
    .. note::
-   
+
       We set the "succeeded" output to prevent the task from being re-run when the
       flow approaches it.
 
diff --git a/src/user-guide/running-workflows/retrying-tasks.rst b/src/user-guide/running-workflows/retrying-tasks.rst
index 363f5b1cfe..530c65d970 100644
--- a/src/user-guide/running-workflows/retrying-tasks.rst
+++ b/src/user-guide/running-workflows/retrying-tasks.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ state, with a new clock trigger to handle the configured retry delay.
 Aborting a Retry Sequence
 -------------------------
 
-To prevent a waiting task from retrying, remove it from the scheduler's
+To prevent a task from retrying, remove it from the scheduler's
 :term:`active window`. For a task ``3/foo`` in workflow ``brew``:
 
 .. code-block:: console
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ sequence, or remove it.
 
 
 If you want trigger downstream tasks despite ``3/foo`` being removed before it
-could succeed, use ``cylc set`` to artificially mark its ``succeeded``
-output as complete (and with the ``--flow`` option, to make the :term:`flow`
-continue on from there).
+could succeed, use ``cylc set`` to artificially mark its
+:term:`required outputs <required output>`
+as complete (and with the ``--flow`` option, if needed to make a specific
+:term:`flow` continue on from there).