diff --git a/modules/gitea/module.json b/modules/gitea/module.json
index a5bb2ce..a6ef32f 100644
--- a/modules/gitea/module.json
+++ b/modules/gitea/module.json
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
       "why": "the forge, over http"
     },
     {
-      "port": 2222,
+      "port": 22,
       "protocol": "tcp",
       "from": "mesh",
-      "why": "git over ssh. Not 22: the machine's own daemon holds that, and a module does not take it"
+      "why": "git over ssh, gitea's own unmodified sshd. Published on the machine's own side at 222, the mesh's fixed public convention — not 22, which the machine's own daemon holds and a module does not take"
     }
   ],
   "serves": {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
       ],
       "ports": [
         "3000",
-        "22"
+        "222:22"
       ],
       "volumes": [
         "/services/gitea/gitea:/data"