diff --git a/asks/live-acceptance.sh b/asks/live-acceptance.sh
index 710688e..e47f567 100644
--- a/asks/live-acceptance.sh
+++ b/asks/live-acceptance.sh
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ set -eu
 mc=${MESH_CONTROLLER:-mesh-controller}
 stop() { echo "NOT ACCEPTED: $*"; exit 1; }
 
-echo "1. Nothing open says an agent can become root where the router or Telegram runs (agent-root)."
-if $mc conditions | grep -q 'agent-root'; then
-	$mc conditions | grep 'agent-root'
+echo "1. Nothing open says the router's or Telegram's machine is not root-free (root-not-free, agent-root)."
+if $mc conditions | grep -q 'root-not-free\|agent-root'; then
+	$mc conditions | grep 'root-not-free\|agent-root'
 	stop "while an agent can become root there, Telegram only acknowledges; close it first (ADR 0266, ADR 0268)"
 fi
 
 echo "2. The Telegram channel holds a working bot token and its updates arrive."
 tg=$($mc ask telegram telegram_status) || stop "the telegram module does not answer"
-echo "$tg" | grep -q '"can_send": *true' || { echo "$tg"; stop "Telegram cannot send now (why_not above): give the bot token again with give"; }
+echo "$tg" | grep -q '"can_send": *true' || { echo "$tg"; stop "Telegram cannot send now (why_not above): give the bot token again, at this terminal: $mc secret accept <node> telegram telegram-token, then push <node>"; }
 
 echo "3. One Telegram account is linked as the operator, and its hour has passed."
 ids=$($mc ask messenger messenger_identities) || stop "the router does not answer"