diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/plan-gates.ts b/scripts/resolvers/plan-gates.ts
index e49a1a35e..63a430e93 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/plan-gates.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/plan-gates.ts
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ The parent evaluates the completion checklist in priority order, including after
 
 2. **Any UNVERIFIABLE items** (silent gaps — the diff cannot prove them either way). Only fires after NOT DONE is resolved or absent.
 
-   **Per-item confirmation is mandatory.** Do NOT use a single AskUserQuestion to blanket-confirm all UNVERIFIABLE items. Blanket confirmation is the failure mode that surfaced in VAS-449 (user clicks A without opening any file). Instead:
+   **Per-item confirmation is mandatory.** Do NOT use a single AskUserQuestion to blanket-confirm all UNVERIFIABLE items: a blanket confirmation lets the user click through without opening any file. Instead:
 
    - Loop through UNVERIFIABLE items one at a time.
    - For each item, use AskUserQuestion with the item's *specific* manual check (e.g., "Confirm: does \`~/Development/domain-hq/docs/dashboard.md\` exist?", not "Have you checked all items?").
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ The parent evaluates the completion checklist in priority order, including after
    - Any N: STOP and report that item as NOT DONE. Resume only after its required work is verified; no second deferral choice.
    - All Y or D: Continue. Embed \`## Plan Completion — Manual Verifications\` section in PR body listing each Y'd item with the user's free-text evidence and each D'd item with "intentionally dropped".
 
-   **Cap.** If there are more than 5 UNVERIFIABLE items, present them as a numbered list first and ask whether the user wants to (1) confirm each individually, (2) stop and reduce scope, or (3) explicitly accept blanket-confirmation with the warning that this is the VAS-449 failure shape. Default and recommended option is (1).
+   **Cap.** If there are more than 5 UNVERIFIABLE items, present them as a numbered list first and ask whether the user wants to (1) confirm each individually, (2) stop and reduce scope, or (3) explicitly accept blanket-confirmation with the warning that it lets unchecked items pass as verified. Default and recommended option is (1).
 
 3. **Only PARTIAL items (no NOT DONE, no UNVERIFIABLE):** Continue with a note in the PR body. Not blocking.
 
diff --git a/test/ship-plan-completion-invariants.test.ts b/test/ship-plan-completion-invariants.test.ts
index e6bf1a55d..c9592b7bc 100644
--- a/test/ship-plan-completion-invariants.test.ts
+++ b/test/ship-plan-completion-invariants.test.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ describe('ship/SKILL.md — Plan Completion gate invariants (VAS-449 remediation
   test('Per-item UNVERIFIABLE confirmation: blanket-confirm is forbidden', () => {
     expect(skill).toContain('**Per-item confirmation is mandatory.**');
     expect(skill).toMatch(/Do NOT use a single AskUserQuestion to blanket-confirm/);
-    expect(skill).toMatch(/VAS-449/);
   });
 
   test('Subagent failure: fail-closed, not silent fail-open', () => {