diff --git a/.machine_readable/rsr-profile.a2ml b/.machine_readable/rsr-profile.a2ml
index 65cf04f60..ed97e10cc 100644
--- a/.machine_readable/rsr-profile.a2ml
+++ b/.machine_readable/rsr-profile.a2ml
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 // Dialect note: authored in the a2ml record dialect to match the shape
 // rsr-template-repo ships, because check-rsr-profile.sh's parser accepts it.
 // The .a2ml -> .deed conversion is estate task #64 and is deliberately NOT
-// attempted here; see docs/binding/04-EXECUTION-PLAN.md, ruling R-B.
+// attempted here; see docs/AUDIT.adoc — finding F3 records that the law is
+// authored in a superseded dialect while DEED is itself an unratified DRAFT.
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 [rsr-profile]
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@ omitted-rationale = "The canon defines conformance; it is not an instance of it.
 //       — nothing consumes the canon as a library; it is consumed as a DOCUMENT
 //         and as a pin (canon.lock), which is not the `library` capability
 //   ffi / abi
-//       — no C-ABI seam and no formally specified ABI; src/interface/ absent
+//       — no C-ABI seam and no formally specified ABI; the interface directory
+//         is absent from this tree
 //   api-service
 //       — no network daemon; the reusable workflows RUN on GitHub's runners,
 //         they are not served BY this repo
diff --git a/docs/AFFIRMATION.adoc b/docs/AFFIRMATION.adoc
index 201487570..bb4d4fe72 100644
--- a/docs/AFFIRMATION.adoc
+++ b/docs/AFFIRMATION.adoc
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ Binding now. Each item is checkable against the anchor below.
 
 == We intend
 
-Committed next actions. **Not yet true.** Listed in execution order; see
-link:../binding/04-EXECUTION-PLAN.md[04-EXECUTION-PLAN.md].
+Committed next actions. **Not yet true.** Listed in execution order below; the
+release conditions they serve are enumerated in link:AUDIT.adoc[AUDIT.adoc].
 
 . Resolve ruling *R-A*: `machine-readable/` or `.machine_readable/`. This repo
   uses the dotted form in 97 files; the spine's `root-allow.txt` and this
diff --git a/scripts/check-canon-lockstep.sh b/scripts/check-canon-lockstep.sh
index bce8b5d37..82137aab6 100644
--- a/scripts/check-canon-lockstep.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-canon-lockstep.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ skip() {
 #   1. land the canon change with 3/4/5 informational  -> releases canon.lock
 #   2. land the spine's adoption against the released hashes
 #   3. turn --strict on, so drift is a hard failure from then on
-# See docs/binding/04-EXECUTION-PLAN.md.
+# See the [canon.lockstep] section of canon.lock, which states the order.
 #
 # softfail() — a REAL deviation. Promoted to a failure by --strict.
 softfail() {