diff --git a/agent/integration/job_verification_integration_test.go b/agent/integration/job_verification_integration_test.go
index f3cf0b7ed1..c73e88ecf6 100644
--- a/agent/integration/job_verification_integration_test.go
+++ b/agent/integration/job_verification_integration_test.go
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func TestJobVerification(t *testing.T) {
 			verificationJWKS:         nil,
 			mockBootstrapExpectation: func(bt *bintest.Mock) { bt.Expect().NotCalled() },
 			expectedExitStatus:       "-1",
-			expectedSignalReason:     agent.SignalReasonUnableToVerifySignature,
+			expectedSignalReason:     agent.SignalReasonSignatureRejected,
 			expectLogsContain: []string{
 				"+++ ⛔",
 				"cannot verify signature. JWK for pipeline verification is not configured",
diff --git a/agent/run_job.go b/agent/run_job.go
index a2f916d57e..4a79cae884 100644
--- a/agent/run_job.go
+++ b/agent/run_job.go
@@ -24,12 +24,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	SignalReasonAgentRefused            = "agent_refused"
-	SignalReasonAgentStop               = "agent_stop"
-	SignalReasonCancel                  = "cancel"
-	SignalReasonSignatureRejected       = "signature_rejected"
-	SignalReasonUnableToVerifySignature = "unable_to_verify_signature"
-	SignalReasonProcessRunError         = "process_run_error"
+	// Signal reasons
+	SignalReasonAgentRefused      = "agent_refused"
+	SignalReasonAgentStop         = "agent_stop"
+	SignalReasonCancel            = "cancel"
+	SignalReasonSignatureRejected = "signature_rejected"
+	SignalReasonProcessRunError   = "process_run_error"
+	// Don't add more signal reasons. If you must add a new signal reason, it must also be added to
+	// the Job::Event::SignalReason enum in the rails app.
+	//
+	// They are meant to represent the reason a job was stopped, but they've also been used to
+	// represent the reason a job wasn't started at all. This is fine but we don't want to pile more
+	// on as customers catch these signal reasons when configuring retry attempts. When we add more
+	// signal reasons we force customers to update their retry configurations to catch the new signal
+	// reasons.
+	//
+	// We should consider adding new fields 'not_run_reason' and 'not_run_details' instead of adding
+	// more signal reasons.
 )
 
 type missingKeyError struct {
@@ -98,7 +109,7 @@ func (r *JobRunner) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 		if r.VerificationFailureBehavior == VerificationBehaviourBlock {
 			exit.Status = -1
-			exit.SignalReason = SignalReasonUnableToVerifySignature
+			exit.SignalReason = SignalReasonSignatureRejected
 			return nil
 		}
 	}