diff --git a/modules/telegram/cmd/telegram/channel.go b/modules/telegram/cmd/telegram/channel.go
index af5487c9..381cbb40 100644
--- a/modules/telegram/cmd/telegram/channel.go
+++ b/modules/telegram/cmd/telegram/channel.go
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ func (c *Channel) Handle(u Update) {
 			want != wordsDigest(cb.Message.Text) {
 			words := "That answer was not taken: this message does not show what the mesh put there. Nothing was done."
 			c.answerTap(cb.ID, words)
-			c.reply(cb.Message.Chat.ID, words) // a toast goes; the chat keeps why
+			// Said on the phone alone, never in the chat: the tapper may be somebody the buttons reached, who is told
+			// nothing more (the lab's proof).
 			c.Logf("[telegram] a tap on a message not showing what this channel put there was refused")
 			return
 		}