This paper discusses the morphosyntax of Russian synthetic exhortatives, with the focus on the two φ-affixes, 1PL -m and 2PL -te, on the exhortative form. Such forms constitute a problem, given that, usually, there is only one person-number agreement affix per finite clause in Russian. The core claim of the paper is that only one of these affixes is a true agreement affix (namely, -m), while the other is the exponent of the number features of the clause-peripheral Jussive head, found only in imperative and exhortative clauses. The additional support for the clause-peripherality of -te comes from periphrastic exhortatives and non-imperative uses of ‘imperative’ verbal forms. The paper thus adds to the evidence in the favor of clause-peripherality of directive morphology, while dissolving a problematic pattern in Russian verbal morphology.