diff --git a/packages/mosaic/framework/guides/WRITING-STYLE.md b/packages/mosaic/framework/guides/WRITING-STYLE.md
index 12a6805e..695e2a41 100644
--- a/packages/mosaic/framework/guides/WRITING-STYLE.md
+++ b/packages/mosaic/framework/guides/WRITING-STYLE.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ certification.
 |---|---|
 | Technical documentation (READMEs, runbooks, PRDs, procedures, ADRs, guides, acceptance criteria, design docs) | **MOS-STE** (this guide) |
 | Source code and code comments | **Google Style Guide** for the language (§4) |
-| Inter-agent comms | MOS-STE by default (concise, technical) |
+| Inter-agent comms | MOS-STE by default (concise, structured) |
 | User-facing comms | **Per-user style choice** — read `USER.md` "Communication Preferences" (§5) |
 | End-user prose the user owns (marketing, letters, personal writing, voice-matched content) | The user's declared voice. MOS-STE does NOT apply. |
 
@@ -112,13 +112,14 @@ builder renders it into the generated `USER.md` "Communication Preferences"
 section. This guide adds the OUTPUT meaning of each value; do not invent new
 values.
 
-Read the declared style in `USER.md` and match it:
+The builder renders the style as prose bullets, not the token name, so match on
+the leading bullet the generated `USER.md` actually contains:
 
-| `communicationStyle` | User-facing output |
-|---|---|
-| `direct` (default) | MOS-STE structure — short, active, defined terms, tables for overview. |
-| `friendly` | Warmer register. Full sentences, explain reasoning, fewer tables. |
-| `formal` | Professional and structured. Thorough, with explicit recommendations. |
+| `USER.md` leading bullet | Style | User-facing output |
+|---|---|---|
+| "Direct and concise" | `direct` (default) | MOS-STE structure — short, active, defined terms, tables for overview. |
+| "Warm and conversational" | `friendly` | Warmer register. Full sentences, explain reasoning, fewer tables. |
+| "Professional and structured" | `formal` | Professional and structured. Thorough, with explicit recommendations. |
 
 This setting governs **user-facing comms only**. It does not change the
 documentation standard (§3), which is always MOS-STE regardless of the value.