diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/adr548_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/adr548_test.go
index a10f167c..862b274f 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/adr548_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/adr548_test.go
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ func TestOneCheckPerDeliveryAtTheGate(t *testing.T) {
 				d.Ready.HeldSince == nil {
 				t.Fatalf("the merge does not say what it waits for: %+v", d.Ready)
 			}
+			// §9: deliveries says what it waits for.
+			for _, l := range w.h.Deliveries("", "", "", false) {
+				if l.ID == id && !strings.Contains(l.Waits, "approved; waits for the check of g") {
+					t.Errorf("deliveries says it waits for %q", l.Waits)
+				}
+			}
 			// §4: past 30 minutes the held merge is a stalled line naming the check it waits for and since when.
 			for _, l := range w.h.Stalled() {
 				if l.ID == id {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/verbs.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/verbs.go
index 7d6caf09..166832cc 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/verbs.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-gate/cmd/mesh-delivery-gate/verbs.go
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ type Line struct {
 
 // waitsFor is what a delivery waits for, in words.
 func (h *Holder) waitsFor(d *Delivery) string {
+	if r := d.Ready; r != nil && r.Merged == nil && strings.HasPrefix(r.Waits, "approved;") {
+		// Approved and waiting for another delivery's check, or for its own verdict's carry (ADR 0548 §2, §8, §9).
+		return r.Waits
+	}
 	switch d.State {
 	case Proposed:
 		return "its check"