diff --git a/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent.go b/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent.go
index 9452dc7..667d18e 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-host/nodeagent.go
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ func nodeAgent(ctx context.Context, opts options, signer ed25519.PublicKey, trus
 			return
 		}
 		var ag *agent.Agent
-		// The kept release-5 declaration is no longer read once every module the catalogue places here has a have of its
+		// The kept release-5 declaration is no longer read once every module the seat's placement puts here has a have of its
 		// own (ADR 0550 §2: its signature is the controller's, trusted no more after the lease write).
 		if retired, why := placedAllHave(linked, session, node); retired && !keptRetired.Swap(true) {
 			say("the kept declaration is no longer read: " + why)
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ func busyModules() []string {
 	return out
 }
 
-// keptRetired says the kept declaration is read no more: every module the catalogue places on this node has a have of
+// keptRetired says the kept declaration is read no more: every module the seat's placement puts on this node has a have of
 // its own (placedAllHave), so what runs is the agent's alone (ADR 0550 §2, design 47's L3 s9).
 var keptRetired atomic.Bool
 
diff --git a/cmd/mesh-host/trust.go b/cmd/mesh-host/trust.go
index e8400cd..2eadbc6 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-host/trust.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-host/trust.go
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ func followTrust(ctx context.Context, session *link.Session, trust *meshTrust, s
 	}
 }
 
-// placedAllHave says whether every module the catalogue places on node has a have of its own, read from the bus: then
-// the kept declaration is read no more (keptRetired). A node the catalogue does not place, or whose placement or haves
+// placedAllHave says whether every module the seat mesh-placement places on node has a have of its own, read from the
+// bus: then the kept declaration is read no more (keptRetired). A node the seat does not place, or whose placement or haves
 // cannot be read, keeps reading it.
 func placedAllHave(ctx context.Context, session *link.Session, node string) (bool, string) {
 	key, err := delivery.PlacementKey(node)
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func placedAllHave(ctx context.Context, session *link.Session, node string) (boo
 // allHave says whether has finds a have for every module p places, and why not.
 func allHave(p delivery.Placement, has func(module string) (bool, error)) (bool, string) {
 	if len(p.Modules) == 0 {
-		return false, "the catalogue places no module here"
+		return false, "the seat mesh-placement places no module here"
 	}
 	for _, m := range p.Modules {
 		ok, err := has(m.Module)