diff --git a/modules/pacman/cmd/pacman-tools/stale_run_test.go b/modules/pacman/cmd/pacman-tools/stale_run_test.go
index 39d9ecdf..0c9d9e7d 100644
--- a/modules/pacman/cmd/pacman-tools/stale_run_test.go
+++ b/modules/pacman/cmd/pacman-tools/stale_run_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 // A run read from pacman's log, or a run whose transaction ended, never holds a new run back (issue 1841, the
-// refusal of 2026-10-22 22:00 on novox: "run 20220123T194900Z is still going (its last step is finished): one
+// refusal of 2026-10-22 22:00 on the control-node: "run 20220123T194900Z is still going (its last step is finished): one
 // run at a time"); and pacman_upgrades reads one run whole at an address that names the machine.
 
 import (
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// novoxLogHead is the first twelve lines of novox's /var/log/pacman.log, captured 2026-10-22 22:10 with
-// node-reads.read: the install's `pacman -Syu` with nothing to do, which became run 20220123T194900Z, its
-// last step finished at the moment it began (pacman_upgrades on novox, 2026-10-22: from log, outcome
-// finished, began 2022-01-23T19:49:00Z, ended 2022-01-23T20:49:00+01:00).
-const novoxLogHead = "[2022-01-23T20:49:00+0100] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'\n" +
+// installLogHead is the first twelve lines of the control-node's /var/log/pacman.log, captured 2026-10-22 22:10
+// with node-reads.read: the install's `pacman -Syu` with nothing to do, which became run 20220123T194900Z, its
+// last step finished at the moment it began (pacman_upgrades there, 2026-10-22: from log, outcome finished,
+// began 2022-01-23T19:49:00Z, ended 2022-01-23T20:49:00+01:00).
+const installLogHead = "[2022-01-23T20:49:00+0100] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'\n" +
 	"[2022-01-23T20:49:00+0100] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists\n" +
 	"[2022-01-23T20:49:00+0100] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade\n" +
 	"[2022-01-23T20:50:45+0100] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S nano'\n" +
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ const novoxLogHead = "[2022-01-23T20:49:00+0100] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'\
 	"[2022-01-23T20:55:36+0100] [ALPM] installed bridge-utils (1.7.1-1)\n" +
 	"[2022-01-23T20:55:36+0100] [ALPM] installed libtool (2.4.6+42+gb88cebd5-16)\n"
 
-// 1841/AC20: given the run read from novox's log, when an upgrade is asked, then it starts.
+// 1841/AC20: given the run read from the control-node's log, when an upgrade is asked, then it starts.
 func TestARunReadFromTheLogIsHistoryAndNeverHoldsAnAsk(t *testing.T) {
 	k := newKeeperBed(t)
-	past := PastUpgrades("node-a", novoxLogHead)
+	past := PastUpgrades("node-a", installLogHead)
 	if len(past) != 1 || past[0].Run != "20220123T194900Z" || steps(past[0]) != "started finished" || past[0].From != FromLog {
-		t.Fatalf("the captured log reads as the record novox holds: %+v", past)
+		t.Fatalf("the captured log reads as the record the control-node holds: %+v", past)
 	}
 	if _, err := k.runs.Create(NodeKey("node-a", past[0].Run), past[0]); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func TestARunWhoseTransactionEndedNeverHoldsTheNext(t *testing.T) {
 // pacman_upgrades is asked for one run, then that machine's run is answered whole.
 func TestPacmanUpgradesReadsOneRunOfThisNodeWithoutANode(t *testing.T) {
 	runs := newBucket()
-	past := PastUpgrades("node-a", novoxLogHead)[0]
+	past := PastUpgrades("node-a", installLogHead)[0]
 	if _, err := runs.Create(NodeKey("node-a", past.Run), past); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}