diff --git a/bin/gstack-lease b/bin/gstack-lease
index 180c78e46..ded79313e 100755
--- a/bin/gstack-lease
+++ b/bin/gstack-lease
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ holder_gone() { case "$(state "${1%% *}" "${1#* }" 0)" in dead|stale) return 0 ;
 # break_lock OWNER — remove the lock only if it still names OWNER. Breakers
 # take a second symlink, .lock.break, and reread the lock under it, so a lock
 # taken since the verdict is never removed; a .lock.break whose holder is gone
-# is cleared. Returns 1 when another breaker holds .lock.break.
+# is cleared. Returns 1 when another breaker holds .lock.break. Known limit:
+# that clear is not atomic, so two gstack-lease processes killed in a row (one
+# holding .lock, the next inside this function) can let a reclaim delete a
+# renewal; one crash is always safe.
 break_lock() {
   if ! ln -s "$TOKEN" "$LOCK.break" 2>/dev/null; then
     _b=$(readlink "$LOCK.break" 2>/dev/null)
diff --git a/docs/capy-install.md b/docs/capy-install.md
index efca9042b..b4d0f65c6 100644
--- a/docs/capy-install.md
+++ b/docs/capy-install.md
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ stale) run under one lock in the lease directory, a symlink naming its holder's
 pid and start identity, so a renewal is never deleted and a live lease never
 disappears from a concurrent scan. The lock is broken only when its holder is
 dead or its pid was reused, never by age, and breakers serialize on a second
-symlink and reread the lock before removing it. While a live process holds it,
+symlink and reread the lock before removing it. One killed gstack-lease process
+is always safe; two killed in a row, one holding the lock and the next while
+breaking it, can still let a reclaim delete a renewal. While a live process holds it,
 `touch` exits 3 without writing (`gstack-skill-start` reports that the
 session holds no lease) and a reclaim keeps the lease. `bin/gstack-lease list` shows `alive|dead|stale`, and
 `GSTACK_UPGRADE_FORCE=1` overrides.