diff --git a/scripts/scroll_speeds.py b/scripts/scroll_speeds.py
index ed4e9030..bdabf023 100644
--- a/scripts/scroll_speeds.py
+++ b/scripts/scroll_speeds.py
@@ -190,9 +190,38 @@ def print_ladder(hz, highlight=None):
         ) else ""
         print("  " + entry.describe() + mark)
     print("")
-    print("Set one in config.json as pixels per second, e.g.")
-    print('  "display_options": {{"scroll_pixels_per_second": {:.0f}}}'.format(
-        scroll_config.solve_crisp(highlight if highlight else hz / 2, hz).pixels_per_second))
+    print_config_advice(scroll_config.solve_crisp(highlight if highlight else hz / 2, hz))
+
+
+def config_advice(choice):
+    """The config that selects ``choice``, in the keys the resolver honours.
+
+    Tickers take a ``scroll_speed`` (px per step) + ``scroll_delay`` (seconds)
+    pair, and scroll_config ranks that pair ABOVE ``scroll_pixels_per_second``
+    -- deliberately, because some plugins give the flat key a schema default.
+    Many schemas default the pair too, so a flat key added by hand is usually
+    ignored. Advise the pair: pixels_per_frame every frame_hold/refresh
+    seconds is exactly the crisp speed.
+    """
+    pair = {
+        "scroll_speed": choice.pixels_per_frame,
+        "scroll_delay": round(choice.frame_hold / choice.refresh_hz, 6),
+    }
+    scoreboard = {"scroll_speed": round(choice.pixels_per_second, 2)}
+    return pair, scoreboard
+
+
+def print_config_advice(choice):
+    pair, scoreboard = config_advice(choice)
+    print("To use {:.1f} px/s, set it where the plugin keeps its scroll speed.".format(
+        choice.pixels_per_second))
+    print("Tickers take a scroll_speed (px per step) + scroll_delay (seconds) pair:")
+    print('  "display_options": {}'.format(json.dumps(pair)))
+    print("(some plugins keep the pair at the top level or under \"display\").")
+    print("The pair outranks scroll_pixels_per_second, which is ignored whenever the")
+    print("pair is present -- and schema defaults usually put it there.")
+    print("Sports scoreboards take pixels per second per league instead:")
+    print('  "scroll_settings": {}'.format(json.dumps(scoreboard)))
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/test/test_scroll_speeds_script.py b/test/test_scroll_speeds_script.py
index b101670e..6d3b68c9 100644
--- a/test/test_scroll_speeds_script.py
+++ b/test/test_scroll_speeds_script.py
@@ -96,3 +96,49 @@ def test_the_service_uses_the_shared_builder(test_config):
         finally:
             DisplayManager._instance = None
     shared.assert_called_once()
+
+
+class TestSpeedAdvice:
+    """The advice must name keys the resolver actually honours."""
+
+    def _advice(self, script, capsys, hz, want):
+        script.print_ladder(hz, want)
+        return capsys.readouterr().out
+
+    def test_advice_is_the_speed_delay_pair(self, script, capsys):
+        out = self._advice(script, capsys, 100.0, 60)
+        assert '"scroll_speed": 2' in out
+        assert '"scroll_delay": 0.03' in out
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("hz,want", [(100.0, 60), (100.0, 50), (120.0, 45),
+                                         (60.0, 30), (100.0, None)])
+    def test_the_advised_pair_resolves_to_the_advised_speed(self, script, capsys,
+                                                            hz, want):
+        """Apply the printed pair over a schema-default pair, as a saved config
+        would carry it, and the resolver must land on the advertised speed."""
+        import json
+        import re
+
+        from src.common import scroll_config
+
+        out = self._advice(script, capsys, hz, want)
+        block = re.search(r'"display_options": (\{[^}]*\})', out)
+        assert block, out
+        advised = json.loads(block.group(1))
+        config = {"display_options": {"scroll_speed": 1.0, "scroll_delay": 0.02,
+                                      "scroll_pixels_per_second": 999,
+                                      **advised}}
+        expected = scroll_config.solve_crisp(want if want else hz / 2, hz)
+        settings = scroll_config.configure(
+            _Helper(), plugin_config=config, refresh_hz=hz)
+        assert settings.pixels_per_second == pytest.approx(expected.pixels_per_second)
+        assert settings.frame_hold == expected.frame_hold
+
+    def test_the_deprecated_key_is_not_recommended(self, script, capsys):
+        out = self._advice(script, capsys, 100.0, 60)
+        assert '"scroll_pixels_per_second":' not in out
+
+
+class _Helper:
+    def set_scroll_speed(self, speed):
+        pass