diff --git a/docs/plans/2026-08-20_w4-document-contract-worklist.md b/docs/plans/2026-08-20_w4-document-contract-worklist.md
index 46923ba4..cb2c0d6d 100644
--- a/docs/plans/2026-08-20_w4-document-contract-worklist.md
+++ b/docs/plans/2026-08-20_w4-document-contract-worklist.md
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ files. The flatten plan says 130; the arithmetic does not close (318 total = 134
 
 ## Applied
 
+**These are the FIRST-PASS counts and they are superseded. The current tree is counted in
+"Verification arithmetic, re-closed" at the end of this document.** They are left standing rather
+than overwritten, for the same reason every other correction here is: a record of what a pass
+produced is worth more than a number silently updated to still look right.
+
 | bucket                      | count | note                                   |
 | --------------------------- | ----- | -------------------------------------- |
 | stamped `kind` + `status`   | 107   | this pass                              |
@@ -30,6 +35,11 @@ files. The flatten plan says 130; the arithmetic does not close (318 total = 134
 
 Kinds: 53 `guide`, 34 `record`, 13 `spec`, 7 `tracking`. Status: 105 `active`, 2 `completed`.
 
+After fred's Q1 ruling stamped `docs/README.md`, one file moved from the held bucket to the stamped
+one and nothing else changed: **108 stamped + 16 + 3 + 1 = 128**, kinds 54 `guide`, 34 `record`,
+13 `spec`, 7 `tracking`, status 106 `active`, 2 `completed`. Two files carry
+`source_of_truth: true`, `docs/README.md` and `docs/requirements/native-kanban-sot.md`.
+
 `parent` is **not** applied. It points at `docs/fleet/NORTH_STAR.yaml`, which the flatten moves
 to `docs/NORTH_STAR.yaml`. Stamping it now means re-pointing 127 files by hand later. It lands
 after the move, in one pass, with the post-move path.