diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts b/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts
index 28a6f7685..3821d4273 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/qa.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ ${reportOnly ? `   **Classify the last result before copying it.** For public or
    For actual secrets/private payloads, withhold those values and disclose the redaction
    and replay limits in the report. If no safe exact observation can be retained,
    stop the affected probe chain; never invent a substitute path, identity or state.
-` : ''}   **Publish before probing.** Create \`exploration-NNN.json\` in the probe directory, beside its deadline if bounded, with exactly four top-level fields:
+` : ''}   **Publish before probing.** Create (browser) or compose (functional) \`exploration-NNN.json\` in the probe directory, beside its deadline if bounded, with exactly four top-level fields:
    observationCommand: last completed probe's full outer command, including guard.
    observed: its exact decoded child JSON (no wrapper/extra keys), or its full non-JSON text.
 ${reportOnly ? `   For guarded text, copy the complete span between the guard's started and finished receipt lines.
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ ${reportOnly ? `   For guarded text, copy the complete span between the guard's
    Withhold unsafe values, disclose limits and stop that chain.
    Check fields before publication. No drafts/placeholders or invented safe-path redactions; corrections cannot repair published notes.
    Functional: do not write this file; the next capture publishes it: \`bun EVIDENCE_TOOL capture PROBE_DIR NNN --deadline DEADLINE_FILE --after PREV --hypothesis 'why' -- CMD\` (PREV: the last complete capture's ID). EVIDENCE_TOOL supplies observed; never transcribe it.
-   Browser checkpoints use Write: create the four-field file yourself.
+   Browser checkpoints use Write.
    Wait for successful checkpoint publication before dispatch.
    Never backfill or overwrite notes.
 3. Run that exact probe; DEADLINE_TOOL enforces the deadline when bounded.