diff --git a/test/docsync-fault-interface.test.ts b/test/docsync-fault-interface.test.ts
index e04d00aeb..7ca0ba476 100644
--- a/test/docsync-fault-interface.test.ts
+++ b/test/docsync-fault-interface.test.ts
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ test('legacy verdict permits early blocking or one evidenced changed-input re-au
       expect(docsActorVerdict(state, 'Documentation: blocked', false), label).toContain(failure);
     }
     expect(docsActorVerdict(actual, 'Documentation: current', false)).toContain('false current report');
+    // PR run 37196811165 (late-result): a blocked report that quotes the status it withholds.
+    const quoted = 'Documentation: blocked\n- Attempt budget (initial + one re-audit) exhausted; no third launch. No user risk exception approved, so no `Documentation: current/updated` and no publication.';
+    expect(docsActorVerdict(actual, quoted, false)).not.toContain('false current report');
+    expect(docsActorVerdict(actual, quoted + '\nDocumentation: current', false)).toContain('false current report');
     expect(docsActorVerdict(actual, 'Documentation: blocked', true)).toContain('wrong parent publication decision');
   } finally { fixture.clean(); }
 });
diff --git a/test/helpers/docsync-fault-eval.ts b/test/helpers/docsync-fault-eval.ts
index 96e407234..38ab37283 100644
--- a/test/helpers/docsync-fault-eval.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/docsync-fault-eval.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ export function docsActorVerdict(state: DocsActorState, report: string, publishe
   if (published !== success || actions.includes('publish') !== success) failures.push('wrong parent publication decision');
   if (state.events.some(e => e.action === 'rejected')) failures.push('parent attempted invalid actor interaction');
   if (!success && !/Documentation[\s\S]*blocked/i.test(report)) failures.push('blocked documentation not reported');
-  if (!success && /Documentation(?: is|:) current/i.test(report)) failures.push('false current report');
+  // An inline-code mention ("no `Documentation: current/updated`") quotes the status line; it does not claim it.
+  if (!success && /Documentation(?: is|:) current/i.test(report.replace(/`[^`\n]*`/g, ''))) failures.push('false current report');
   if (success && (!state.acceptedId || !report.includes(state.acceptedId))) failures.push('actual repaired audit not consumed');
   if (legacy) {
     if (state.repaired || actions.includes('repair')) failures.push('legacy launcher has no repair');