diff --git a/docs/audit/grounding-audit-20260718.md b/docs/audit/grounding-audit-20260718.md
index 762d7fc..72d9c9b 100644
--- a/docs/audit/grounding-audit-20260718.md
+++ b/docs/audit/grounding-audit-20260718.md
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@
 current gate in the same document.
 **Proposed fix:** GA-R1 -- the gate count lives ONLY in CURRENT-STATE.md,
 cited to the captured plan file; the readiness doc demotes to checklist.
-**Traces to:** GA-R1, GA-R6.
+**Scope addition (operator directive, 2026-07-18, post-Phase-3 review):**
+the Phase-5 fix must also DEMOTE the readiness doc's "A FRESH session starts
+the deployment from here" banner (`docs/dc0-deploy-readiness.md:4-5`) to a
+one-line pointer at the G9 canonical entry path
+(`runbooks/dc-dc-phase2-tofu-dc-substrate.md`), not merely correct its plan
+counts -- otherwise the probe hole H1 entry-doc ambiguity survives the sweep
+(`docs/audit/phase3-grounding-test-20260718.md`, holes map).
+**Traces to:** GA-R1, GA-R6, probe hole H1.
 
 ## GA-F03 -- MED -- tofu version pin stale: records say 1.12.3, binary is 1.12.4