diff --git a/server/api/me/dashboard.get.ts b/server/api/me/dashboard.get.ts
index 5f14bfb..ef7b742 100644
--- a/server/api/me/dashboard.get.ts
+++ b/server/api/me/dashboard.get.ts
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event): Promise<DashboardPayload> => {
     // terminal rejections, and a repo pending its first relayed push looks
     // identical to a fully-synced one. Keyed off the job payload's repo id.
     // `tangled.create-repo` covers enrolment/resync work, which shares the
-    // same `installationId`/`githubRepoId` payload shape as the ref-sync
-    // kinds; without it a permanently-failed enrolment was invisible here and
-    // read as healthy.
+    // same `installationId`/`githubRepoId` payload shape as the ref-sync kinds.
+    // Without it a dead enrolment sat at `enrolling` indefinitely, and a dead
+    // resync of an already-mirrored repo read as `ok`.
     db.select({
       // bigint and count(*) both arrive as strings over the wire; coerce below.
       githubRepoId: sql<string>`(${job.payload}->>'githubRepoId')::bigint`,