diff --git a/docs/architecture/local-first-sync.md b/docs/architecture/local-first-sync.md
index 1b3ad2e..7180a7a 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/local-first-sync.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/local-first-sync.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Purpose: Defines what should be documented about Scient local-first storage and
 Doc type: Future home
 
 This page will document Scient's local-first and sync architecture when it
-exists. Unprocessed questions about memory scope, user-selected cloud folders,
+exists. Open questions about memory scope, user-selected cloud folders,
 offline behavior, conversation continuity, and future Scient cloud sync remain
 in the draft [Memory Architecture
 Discovery](../planning/memory-architecture-discovery.md).
diff --git a/docs/planning/first-scient-vertical-slice-implementation-plan.md b/docs/planning/first-scient-vertical-slice-implementation-plan.md
index 4b3c879..630ef30 100644
--- a/docs/planning/first-scient-vertical-slice-implementation-plan.md
+++ b/docs/planning/first-scient-vertical-slice-implementation-plan.md
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ Stop and report before widening scope if:
 - reuse-versus-change list;
 - Scient integration and inherited OpenCode-core change verdict;
 - Synara-hosted versus external-topology verdict;
-- future memory questions routed to the idea inbox; and
+- future memory questions routed to the draft Memory Architecture Discovery; and
 - no implied authorization for scientific-state or memory implementation.
 
 ### Vertical Slice Done