diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a86eb77..602d16d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ Notable changes to this stack. Format follows
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- `bootstrap.sh` creates only a `watchdog` healthchecks.io check per
+  project/environment, since that check reports the other scheduled jobs.
+  The `backup` and `restore-check` checks it used to create were never
+  pinged; delete them at healthchecks.io. `HC_JOBS` still overrides the list.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `bootstrap.sh` prints each `PING_<JOB>=` line on its own line.
+
 ### Removed
 
 - `retired.yaml`: the hub has dropped the per-project rules it deleted.
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 1d22e99..a274ec0 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #   1. renders the ProjectTelemetrySilent rule for every covered project/env;
 #   2. renders the coverage rule that catches projects never bootstrapped, and
 #      reloads Grafana;
-#   3. creates the project's healthchecks.io checks (if an API key is present);
+#   3. creates the project's healthchecks.io watchdog check (if an API key is present);
 #   4. prints the `.env` block for the project host and the curls that vendor the
 #      templates at a pinned tag.
 #
@@ -131,11 +131,13 @@ fi
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------- 4. healthchecks.io + printout
 if [[ -n "${HEALTHCHECKS_API_KEY:-}" ]]; then
-    # Default job set; override per project with HC_JOBS="backup nightly-sync" etc.
-    for job in ${HC_JOBS:-backup watchdog restore-check}; do
+    # One watchdog check per project: it reports the project's other scheduled
+    # jobs, so a check per job would never be pinged. Override with
+    # HC_JOBS="watchdog nightly-sync" etc. for a job that pings its own check.
+    for job in ${HC_JOBS:-watchdog}; do
         # Key via curl's stdin config, not -H: argv is readable in `ps`.
         printf 'header = "X-Api-Key: %s"\n' "$HEALTHCHECKS_API_KEY" \
-            | curl -fsS -K - -X POST https://healthchecks.io/api/v3/checks/ \
+            | curl -fsS -w '\n' -K - -X POST https://healthchecks.io/api/v3/checks/ \
             -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
             -d "{\"name\":\"${project}-${env_name}-${job}\",\"slug\":\"${project}-${env_name}-${job}\",\"unique\":[\"name\"],\"timeout\":93600,\"grace\":3600,\"channels\":\"*\"}" \
             | sed -n 's/.*"ping_url": *"\([^"]*\)".*/  PING_'"$(echo "$job" | tr 'a-z-' 'A-Z_')"'=\1/p'
diff --git a/templates/README.md b/templates/README.md
index 83d665b..f3961a3 100644
--- a/templates/README.md
+++ b/templates/README.md
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ no longer checks it, and the coverage rule no longer counts it as covered.
 
 ## Limits
 
-The healthchecks.io free tier is 20 checks. `bootstrap.sh` creates three per
-project/environment, so about six environments fit.
+The healthchecks.io free tier is 20 checks. `bootstrap.sh` creates one per
+project/environment (`watchdog`, which reports the other scheduled jobs), so
+20 environments fit. Set `HC_JOBS` to create more.
 
 ## Verifying, from the monitoring host