diff --git a/zephcore/ARCHITECTURE.md b/zephcore/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 4c5b294..2fea346 100644
--- a/zephcore/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/zephcore/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ ZephCore-only divergence from Arduino MeshCore (like the Adaptive Contention Win
 | Room server | forward-only | post timestamps feed client `sync_since` ordering |
 | Companion | forward-only | own clock stamps outgoing DMs; peers hold per-sender replay high-water marks |
 
-**Step application**: the shared policy (GPS gate, forward-only skip, uint32-overflow guard, set clock, one `zephcore_rtc_save` per step — never per evaluation) lives in `MeshTimeSync::runTick()`; when it returns true, the role shifts its wall-clock-anchored bookkeeping by `lastStepDelta()` — repeater: neighbor `heard_timestamp`s, ACL `last_activity`, login/anon/discover rate-limiter resets; room server: ACL + login limiter.
+**Step application**: the shared policy (suppression/pedigree checks inside `evaluateNow`, forward-only skip, uint32-overflow guard, set clock, one `zephcore_rtc_save` per step — never per evaluation) lives in `MeshTimeSync::runTick()`; when it returns true, the role shifts its wall-clock-anchored bookkeeping by `lastStepDelta()` — repeater: neighbor `heard_timestamp`s, ACL `last_activity`, login/anon/discover rate-limiter resets; room server: ACL + login limiter.
 
 All policy timers (6 h rate limit, 7-day suppression, tenure, sample age) anchor on **uptime, never wall clock** — otherwise the very steps they govern would distort them.
 
diff --git a/zephcore/app/CompanionMesh.cpp b/zephcore/app/CompanionMesh.cpp
index a4074c5..be6f6e4 100644
--- a/zephcore/app/CompanionMesh.cpp
+++ b/zephcore/app/CompanionMesh.cpp
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ void CompanionMesh::onAdvertTimeSample(const mesh::Identity &id, uint32_t timest
 void CompanionMesh::timeSyncTick()
 {
 	if (!prefs.meshtimesync) return;
-	/* Shared policy (GPS fix-freshness gate, forward-only) lives in
-	 * runTick; no companion-side bookkeeping needs shifting on a step. */
+	/* Shared policy (suppression/pedigree, forward-only) lives in runTick;
+	 * no companion-side bookkeeping needs shifting on a step. */
 	_timesync.runTick(*getRTCClock());
 }
 
diff --git a/zephcore/app/ObserverMesh.cpp b/zephcore/app/ObserverMesh.cpp
index 1ccd973..d24dd95 100644
--- a/zephcore/app/ObserverMesh.cpp
+++ b/zephcore/app/ObserverMesh.cpp
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ void ObserverMesh::harvestTimeSample(Packet *pkt)
 void ObserverMesh::timeSyncTick()
 {
 	if (!_prefs.meshtimesync || !_rtc) return;
-	/* Shared policy (GPS fix-freshness gate) lives in runTick; no
+	/* Shared policy (suppression/pedigree) lives in runTick; no
 	 * observer-side bookkeeping needs shifting on a step. */
 	_timesync.runTick(*_rtc);
 }