  We refine two results of Jiang, Shao and Vesel on the $L(2,1)$-labeling
number $\lambda$ of the Cartesian and the strong product of two oriented
cycles. For the Cartesian product, we compute the exact value of
$\lambda(\overrightarrow{C_m} \square \overrightarrow{C_n})$ for $m$, $n \geq
40$; in the case of strong product, we either compute the exact value or
establish a gap of size one for $\lambda(\overrightarrow{C_m} \boxtimes
\overrightarrow{C_n})$ for $m$, $n \geq 48$.
