diff --git a/tools/check_documented_commands_exist.py b/tools/check_documented_commands_exist.py
index e791a6839c..1228bac573 100644
--- a/tools/check_documented_commands_exist.py
+++ b/tools/check_documented_commands_exist.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def scan_siblings(paths: list[Path], live_names: set[str]) -> tuple[list[tuple],
 # is how a gate gets muted, and excluding those families by path would be an
 # exclusion made by argument. So: the list prints every run, and the number can
 # only fall. A new dead `tri` name still fails.
-MAX_DEAD_TRI = 140
+MAX_DEAD_TRI = 138
 
 TRI_MUST_EXIST = ("now", "wave", "gen", "skill", "seal")
 TRI_MUST_NOT_EXIST = ("gen-zig", "gen-dir", "spec", "git")