diff --git a/.machine_readable/CLADE.a2ml b/.machine_readable/CLADE.a2ml
index 191be98..beae089 100644
--- a/.machine_readable/CLADE.a2ml
+++ b/.machine_readable/CLADE.a2ml
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ parent = "Flatpak tool"
 born = "2026-03-16"
 
 # Lifecycle status (added by clade-status-backfill; see gv-clade-index ADR 0006).
-# Identity (uuid) and status are SEPARATE layers: uuid is immortal; 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.
+# 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 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 # One of: reserved incubating active dormant | merged superseded archived extinct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"