diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50f39ef..23fe41b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@ than once, is refused with 400.
 
 An image is served with `Cache-Control: public, max-age=<seconds>, immutable`.
 When the URL has an expiry (an `exp`, or the TTL of an encrypted URL),
-`max-age` is the whole seconds left until then, so no browser or proxy cache
-keeps the image after pixa would refuse the URL. A URL with no expiry gets one
-year. `immutable` only stops a client revalidating while its copy is fresh.
+`max-age` is the whole seconds left until then, at most one year, so no browser
+or proxy cache keeps the image after pixa would refuse the URL. A URL with no
+expiry gets one year. `immutable` only stops a client revalidating while its
+copy is fresh.
 
 The login form (`POST /`) is limited to 5 attempts per minute per client
 address, counting an IPv6 client by its /64; an attempt over the limit is
diff --git a/internal/handlers/image_cache_control_internal_test.go b/internal/handlers/image_cache_control_internal_test.go
index a7522da..bb6a6b9 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/image_cache_control_internal_test.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/image_cache_control_internal_test.go
@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@ func TestHandleImage_AllowlistedHost_MaxAge(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // TestHandleImageEnc_MaxAge verifies that an image served through an encrypted
-// URL with a 60 second TTL may be cached for at most those 60 seconds, and that
-// one made without a TTL, which never expires, may be cached for a year.
+// URL with a 60 second TTL may be cached for at most those 60 seconds, that one
+// with a two-year TTL may be cached for a year, and that one made without a
+// TTL, which never expires, may be cached for a year.
 func TestHandleImageEnc_MaxAge(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ func TestHandleImageEnc_MaxAge(t *testing.T) {
 		wantAtMost  int
 	}{
 		{"60 second TTL", time.Now().Add(time.Minute).Unix(), 50, 60},
+		{"two-year TTL", time.Now().Add(2 * 365 * 24 * time.Hour).Unix(), 31536000, 31536000},
 		{"no TTL", 0, 31536000, 31536000},
 	}