diff --git a/ship/SKILL.md b/ship/SKILL.md
index 9bfbc08f2..5e25905b9 100644
--- a/ship/SKILL.md
+++ b/ship/SKILL.md
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ not web services already deployed.
The preflight merges the fetched base (`git merge`) so tests and reviews cover the integrated code (`MERGE:`; `skipped` under stamp-at-merge).
-**Merge conflicts:** `MERGE:` names them. Auto-resolve simple ones (VERSION, schema.rb, CHANGELOG ordering). For complex or ambiguous ones, **STOP**: show the choices, ask with AskUserQuestion and wait for the answer before editing or continuing; then commit and rerun the preflight.
+**Merge conflicts:** `MERGE:` names them. Auto-resolve simple ones (VERSION, schema.rb, CHANGELOG ordering). For complex or ambiguous conflicts, **STOP**: show the choices, ask via AskUserQuestion, wait for the answer before editing or continuing; then commit and rerun the preflight.
**Ship policy:** `POLICY:` is `gstack-ship-policy show-effective --base `
(docs/ship-policy.md); its `ship:` lines bind Steps 12-16 and history. `RUNTIME_LINES:` goes
diff --git a/ship/SKILL.md.tmpl b/ship/SKILL.md.tmpl
index 6baea48df..f98d66204 100644
--- a/ship/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/ship/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ not web services already deployed.
The preflight merges the fetched base (`git merge`) so tests and reviews cover the integrated code (`MERGE:`; `skipped` under stamp-at-merge).
-**Merge conflicts:** `MERGE:` names them. Auto-resolve simple ones (VERSION, schema.rb, CHANGELOG ordering). For complex or ambiguous ones, **STOP**: show the choices, ask with AskUserQuestion and wait for the answer before editing or continuing; then commit and rerun the preflight.
+**Merge conflicts:** `MERGE:` names them. Auto-resolve simple ones (VERSION, schema.rb, CHANGELOG ordering). For complex or ambiguous conflicts, **STOP**: show the choices, ask via AskUserQuestion, wait for the answer before editing or continuing; then commit and rerun the preflight.
**Ship policy:** `POLICY:` is `gstack-ship-policy show-effective --base `
(docs/ship-policy.md); its `ship:` lines bind Steps 12-16 and history. `RUNTIME_LINES:` goes
diff --git a/test/fixtures/golden/agy-ship-SKILL.md b/test/fixtures/golden/agy-ship-SKILL.md
index 2f2398284..e8c902a2e 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/golden/agy-ship-SKILL.md
+++ b/test/fixtures/golden/agy-ship-SKILL.md
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ not web services already deployed.
The preflight merges the fetched base (`git merge`) so tests and reviews cover the integrated code (`MERGE:`; `skipped` under stamp-at-merge).
-**Merge conflicts:** `MERGE:` names them. Auto-resolve simple ones (VERSION, schema.rb, CHANGELOG ordering). For complex or ambiguous ones, **STOP**: show the choices, ask with AskUserQuestion and wait for the answer before editing or continuing; then commit and rerun the preflight.
+**Merge conflicts:** `MERGE:` names them. Auto-resolve simple ones (VERSION, schema.rb, CHANGELOG ordering). For complex or ambiguous conflicts, **STOP**: show the choices, ask via AskUserQuestion, wait for the answer before editing or continuing; then commit and rerun the preflight.
**Ship policy:** `POLICY:` is `gstack-ship-policy show-effective --base `
(docs/ship-policy.md); its `ship:` lines bind Steps 12-16 and history. `RUNTIME_LINES:` goes
diff --git a/test/fixtures/golden/claude-ship-SKILL.md b/test/fixtures/golden/claude-ship-SKILL.md
index 9bfbc08f2..5e25905b9 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/golden/claude-ship-SKILL.md
+++ b/test/fixtures/golden/claude-ship-SKILL.md
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ not web services already deployed.
The preflight merges the fetched base (`git merge`) so tests and reviews cover the integrated code (`MERGE:`; `skipped` under stamp-at-merge).
-**Merge conflicts:** `MERGE:` names them. Auto-resolve simple ones (VERSION, schema.rb, CHANGELOG ordering). For complex or ambiguous ones, **STOP**: show the choices, ask with AskUserQuestion and wait for the answer before editing or continuing; then commit and rerun the preflight.
+**Merge conflicts:** `MERGE:` names them. Auto-resolve simple ones (VERSION, schema.rb, CHANGELOG ordering). For complex or ambiguous conflicts, **STOP**: show the choices, ask via AskUserQuestion, wait for the answer before editing or continuing; then commit and rerun the preflight.
**Ship policy:** `POLICY:` is `gstack-ship-policy show-effective --base `
(docs/ship-policy.md); its `ship:` lines bind Steps 12-16 and history. `RUNTIME_LINES:` goes
diff --git a/test/fixtures/golden/codex-ship-SKILL.md b/test/fixtures/golden/codex-ship-SKILL.md
index 9bafcfc8b..fe2265738 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/golden/codex-ship-SKILL.md
+++ b/test/fixtures/golden/codex-ship-SKILL.md
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ not web services already deployed.
The preflight merges the fetched base (`git merge`) so tests and reviews cover the integrated code (`MERGE:`; `skipped` under stamp-at-merge).
-**Merge conflicts:** `MERGE:` names them. Auto-resolve simple ones (VERSION, schema.rb, CHANGELOG ordering). For complex or ambiguous ones, **STOP**: show the choices, ask with AskUserQuestion and wait for the answer before editing or continuing; then commit and rerun the preflight.
+**Merge conflicts:** `MERGE:` names them. Auto-resolve simple ones (VERSION, schema.rb, CHANGELOG ordering). For complex or ambiguous conflicts, **STOP**: show the choices, ask via AskUserQuestion, wait for the answer before editing or continuing; then commit and rerun the preflight.
**Ship policy:** `POLICY:` is `gstack-ship-policy show-effective --base `
(docs/ship-policy.md); its `ship:` lines bind Steps 12-16 and history. `RUNTIME_LINES:` goes
diff --git a/test/fixtures/golden/factory-ship-SKILL.md b/test/fixtures/golden/factory-ship-SKILL.md
index 338b3f1c9..ef86423db 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/golden/factory-ship-SKILL.md
+++ b/test/fixtures/golden/factory-ship-SKILL.md
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ not web services already deployed.
The preflight merges the fetched base (`git merge`) so tests and reviews cover the integrated code (`MERGE:`; `skipped` under stamp-at-merge).
-**Merge conflicts:** `MERGE:` names them. Auto-resolve simple ones (VERSION, schema.rb, CHANGELOG ordering). For complex or ambiguous ones, **STOP**: show the choices, ask with AskUserQuestion and wait for the answer before editing or continuing; then commit and rerun the preflight.
+**Merge conflicts:** `MERGE:` names them. Auto-resolve simple ones (VERSION, schema.rb, CHANGELOG ordering). For complex or ambiguous conflicts, **STOP**: show the choices, ask via AskUserQuestion, wait for the answer before editing or continuing; then commit and rerun the preflight.
**Ship policy:** `POLICY:` is `gstack-ship-policy show-effective --base `
(docs/ship-policy.md); its `ship:` lines bind Steps 12-16 and history. `RUNTIME_LINES:` goes
diff --git a/test/size-ledger/ship/gst-430-notes-only-pass.json b/test/size-ledger/ship/gst-430-notes-only-pass.json
index fd91f3258..f656d6ced 100644
--- a/test/size-ledger/ship/gst-430-notes-only-pass.json
+++ b/test/size-ledger/ship/gst-430-notes-only-pass.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
{
- "bytes": 6,
+ "bytes": 7,
"why": "GST-442/GST-444: Step 1.4 follows a scoped-review NEXT; Step 16 stage 2 and 3 route finish scoped-review STOP and --docs-requested with its --docs-result; trims in Steps 3, 12 and 16 keep the skill under its cap"
}