diff --git a/test/pregate-selection.test.ts b/test/pregate-selection.test.ts
index 3e4b983b7..bb6918d09 100644
--- a/test/pregate-selection.test.ts
+++ b/test/pregate-selection.test.ts
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ describe('literals (pure)', () => {
     for (const [rel, text] of Object.entries(files)) { fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(path.join(root, rel)), { recursive: true }); fs.writeFileSync(path.join(root, rel), text); }
     const all = Object.keys(files);
     // A one-character value: only the file that names the constant counts; the path fragment alone is not enough for "2".
-    expect(consumersOf(root, all, { name: 'GSTACK_CAPY_WRAPPER', old: '2', new: '3', file: 'capy/skill/gstack/scripts/install.sh' })).toEqual(['test/wrapper.test.ts:2']); // pregate-literal: GSTACK_CAPY_WRAPPER=3 a fixture's own 2 -> 3 bump, not the shipped wrapper revision
+    // pregate-literal: GSTACK_CAPY_WRAPPER=3 a fixture's own 2 -> 3 bump, not the shipped wrapper revision
+    expect(consumersOf(root, all, { name: 'GSTACK_CAPY_WRAPPER', old: '2', new: '3', file: 'capy/skill/gstack/scripts/install.sh' })).toEqual(['test/wrapper.test.ts:2']);
     // A longer value: the constant's name, the module's full file name, or its stem as a path fragment; the bare word "retry" in prose and "preretry.js" do not count.
     expect(consumersOf(root, all, { name: 'TIMEOUT_MS', old: '5000', new: '9000', file: 'lib/retry.js' })).toEqual(['test/retry.test.ts:1', 'test/retry-path.test.ts:2', 'test/retry-bare.test.ts:2']);
     fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });