diff --git a/scripts/generate_site.py b/scripts/generate_site.py
index 8d8ee799..3dd6d410 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_site.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_site.py
@@ -4038,6 +4038,24 @@ def generate_gap_analysis(
 
 
 
+def _core_scope_note(config: dict, profiles: dict) -> str:
+    """" (all libretro)" when the platform resolves every libretro core.
+
+    Read from what resolve_platform_cores returns, not from the shape of
+    ``cores:``: RetroPie and RetroDECK name ``retroarch`` in a list, which
+    pulls in every libretro core as ``all_libretro`` does, and the label
+    showed for RetroArch and Lakka only.
+    """
+    every_libretro = resolve_platform_cores({"cores": "all_libretro"}, profiles)
+    resolved = resolve_platform_cores(config, profiles)
+    if not every_libretro or not every_libretro <= resolved:
+        return ""
+    others = len(resolved - every_libretro)
+    if not others:
+        return " (all libretro)"
+    return f" (all libretro, plus {_count(others, 'other core')})"
+
+
 def _render_xref_by_platform(
     coverages: dict, unique: dict
 ) -> list[str]:
@@ -4047,7 +4065,6 @@ def _render_xref_by_platform(
         cov = coverages[pname]
         display = cov["platform"]
         config = cov["config"]
-        platform_cores = config.get("cores", [])
 
         lines.append(f'??? abstract "{display}"')
         lines.append("")
@@ -4066,10 +4083,7 @@ def _render_xref_by_platform(
             if key in unique
         }
 
-        if platform_cores == "all_libretro":
-            lines.append(f"    **{len(matched)} cores** (all libretro)")
-        else:
-            lines.append(f"    **{len(matched)} cores**")
+        lines.append(f"    **{len(matched)} cores**{_core_scope_note(config, unique)}")
         lines.append("")
 
         lines.append("    | Core | Classification | Systems | Files | Upstream |")
diff --git a/tests/test_site_cores.py b/tests/test_site_cores.py
index 0be1f5fe..b60fb636 100644
--- a/tests/test_site_cores.py
+++ b/tests/test_site_cores.py
@@ -44,5 +44,30 @@ class SiteCoreCounts(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.assertEqual(shown[cov["platform"]], expected)
 
 
+class AllLibretroLabel(unittest.TestCase):
+    """RetroPie and RetroDECK pull in every libretro core by naming retroarch
+    in a list, and the label read "(all libretro)" for RetroArch and Lakka
+    only, the two whose cores: is the string."""
+
+    PROFILES = {
+        "a": {"type": "libretro"},
+        "b": {"type": "standalone + libretro"},
+        "sa": {"type": "standalone"},
+    }
+
+    def test_a_list_naming_retroarch_is_labelled(self):
+        note = generate_site._core_scope_note(
+            {"cores": ["retroarch", "sa"]}, self.PROFILES)
+        self.assertEqual(note, " (all libretro, plus 1 other core)")
+
+    def test_the_string_form_is_labelled(self):
+        note = generate_site._core_scope_note({"cores": "all_libretro"}, self.PROFILES)
+        self.assertEqual(note, " (all libretro)")
+
+    def test_a_selection_is_not(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            generate_site._core_scope_note({"cores": ["a", "sa"]}, self.PROFILES), "")
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()