diff --git a/.machine_readable/CLADE.a2ml b/.machine_readable/CLADE.a2ml
index 82a61d0..9488ce8 100644
--- a/.machine_readable/CLADE.a2ml
+++ b/.machine_readable/CLADE.a2ml
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ born = "2026-03-16"
 # Identity (uuid) and status are SEPARATE layers: uuid follows the forge path (a
 # move or rename mints a new one, gv-clade-index ADR 0007; a phase change never
 # does); phase is a mutable pointer. No phase is terminal (extinct -> active is
-# a legal "Gitassic Park" transition on the same uuid). A rename is NOT a phase
-# change — the old prefixed-name goes to aliases[], uuid and phase are
-# untouched.
+# a legal "Gitassic Park" transition on the same uuid). A prefixed-name (clade
+# code) change is NOT a phase change — the old prefixed-name goes to aliases[],
+# uuid and phase are untouched.
 [status]
 # One of: reserved incubating active dormant | merged superseded archived extinct
 phase = "active"