diff --git a/00-META/process/04-build-handoff.md b/00-META/process/04-build-handoff.md
index dcadeedf..6aedd79b 100644
--- a/00-META/process/04-build-handoff.md
+++ b/00-META/process/04-build-handoff.md
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ A design becomes **milestones**, and each milestone becomes **issues**:
    entry in the design.
 7. **Flip the status.** `status: in-progress`, `updated:` today; the design change goes through playbook
    [08](08-small-fixes.md) (one hq pull request).
-8. **Hand each milestone to playbook 07, one at a time.** The milestone is the feature step; its issues are the
-   step's issues; the next milestone starts when the previous one's delivery plan is done.
+8. **Hand each milestone to playbook 07, one at a time.** The milestone is one release of playbook 07; its issues
+   are the release's issues; the next milestone starts when the previous one's delivery plan is done.
 9. **On completion of the last milestone**, run the "when something ships" section of playbook
    [02](02-graduation.md).
 
diff --git a/03-DESIGN/01-to-be/47-delivery-from-commit-to-delivered.md b/03-DESIGN/01-to-be/47-delivery-from-commit-to-delivered.md
index 24a33098..5208e92d 100644
--- a/03-DESIGN/01-to-be/47-delivery-from-commit-to-delivered.md
+++ b/03-DESIGN/01-to-be/47-delivery-from-commit-to-delivered.md
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ What the build proves before this design is implemented (research 055's directio
 
 ## Milestones
 
-Confirmed by the operator on 2026-10-17 (playbook 04). Each is one feature step of playbook 07; the next starts
-when the previous one's delivery is done. Each milestone is one release (playbook 07).
+Confirmed by the operator on 2026-10-17 (playbook 04). Each is one release of playbook 07; the next starts
+when the previous one's delivery is done.
 
 | # | Outcome | Acceptance tests | Repositories | Issues |
 |---|---|---|---|---|