diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/plan-gates.ts b/scripts/resolvers/plan-gates.ts
index 63a430e93..682606e62 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/plan-gates.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/plan-gates.ts
@@ -179,11 +179,9 @@ ${approvals}1. Read the plan file with the Read tool (after your most recent wri
    short-circuit when no plan file exists.
 
 Failing this gate and calling ExitPlanMode anyway is a contract violation —
-the user will see a plan whose review report is missing or stale, and will
-(correctly) reject it. Self-deception failure mode to watch for: feeling
-"done" after writing review prose into the plan body. The body prose is not
-the report. The report is a separate, structured, table-bearing section that
-must be the file's terminal heading.`;
+the user sees a plan whose review report is missing or stale. Review prose in
+the plan body is not the report: the report is a separate, structured,
+table-bearing section that must be the file's terminal heading.`;
 }
 
 // ─── Plan File Discovery (shared helper) ──────────────────────────────
diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/review-dashboard.ts b/scripts/resolvers/review-dashboard.ts
index bb1be3789..b90183ff4 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/review-dashboard.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/review-dashboard.ts
@@ -238,9 +238,7 @@ ${beforeLog ? `4. **Read-back gate:** Read the saved file. Verify the accepted c
    \\\`## \\\` heading in the file before continuing. If it isn't, repeat steps
    2-3 once.`}
 
-${ceo || ctx.skillName === 'plan-eng-review' ? 'Do NOT replace the section in place; delete it and append the new report at EOF.' : `Do NOT replace the section in place. The "replace mid-file" path is what allowed
-prior versions to leave the report mid-file when an older report already lived
-there — the user then sees a plan whose review report is not at the bottom and
-(correctly) rejects it.`}`;
+${ceo || ctx.skillName === 'plan-eng-review' ? 'Do NOT replace the section in place; delete it and append the new report at EOF.' : `Do NOT replace the section in place; delete it and append the new report at EOF,
+so the review report is always the plan's last section.`}`;
   return conditionalWrites ? result.replaceAll('\\`', '`') : result;
 }