diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/read.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/read.go
index 7710545..02d6686 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/read.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/read.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const (
 	VerdictsReadTool = "checker_verdicts"
 	PullReadTool     = "checker_pull"
 	KeptReadTool     = "checker_kept"
-	// PreviewsReadTool reads the previews state (issue 1680); StatusReadTool reads what the checker is held by and what it runs (issue 1685).
+	// PreviewsReadTool reads the previews state (issue 1680); StatusReadTool reads what the checker runs (issue 1685: nothing holds it since R4g).
 	PreviewsReadTool = "checker_previews"
 	StatusReadTool   = "checker_status"
 )
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ func (r Reader) Status() (Status, error) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	st.Notes = append(st.Notes, "the places the checker holds are in its process and in no bucket: running_steps are the build modules' keys that can still be running (started within the step bound, their build module running on the node); a candidate without a verdict while a plan key exists, or while its node runs as many steps as its capacity, is held")
+	st.Notes = append(st.Notes, "nothing holds the checker and it holds no place: running_steps are the build modules' keys that can still be running (started within the step bound, their build module running on the node); a candidate without a verdict has its check ask in a build seat's stream, waiting for a node with a free slot, whose backlog the delivery view shows (ADR 0525 §4, §9)")
 	return st, nil
 }