diff --git a/tools/hygiene/audit-backlog-items.ts b/tools/hygiene/audit-backlog-items.ts
index c5693ea7d..f3d459e49 100644
--- a/tools/hygiene/audit-backlog-items.ts
+++ b/tools/hygiene/audit-backlog-items.ts
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ async function reportMergedCandidates(
     "--json",
     "number,title",
   ]);
-  // Per Codex 2026-05-06 review on PR #1702: never silently swallow
+  // Per PR #1702 review 2026-05-06: never silently swallow
   // a non-zero exit. A failed gh call would otherwise scan zero PRs
   // and report no candidates -- identical to genuine cleanliness --
   // hiding auth/network breakage. Surface the failure as a SKIP.
diff --git a/tools/hygiene/audit-lost-files.ts b/tools/hygiene/audit-lost-files.ts
index eed362ace..97220b870 100644
--- a/tools/hygiene/audit-lost-files.ts
+++ b/tools/hygiene/audit-lost-files.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ async function classClosedNotMergedPRs(ghAvailable: boolean): Promise<void> {
     "--json",
     "number,title,closedAt,mergedAt,headRefName",
   ]);
-  // Per Codex 2026-05-06 review: never silently swallow a non-zero
+  // Per PR #1702 review 2026-05-06: never silently swallow a non-zero
   // exit. A failed gh call would otherwise produce "Count: 0", which
   // looks identical to genuine cleanliness and hides auth/network
   // breakage. Surface the failure as a SKIP with the gh stderr.
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ async function classOrphanBranches(ghAvailable: boolean): Promise<void> {
     "--format=%(refname:short)",
     "refs/remotes/origin/",
   ]);
-  // Per Codex 2026-05-06 review on PR #1702: surface git failures
+  // Per PR #1702 review 2026-05-06: surface git failures
   // explicitly so the orphan-branch class isn't silently reported as
   // empty when origin/main is missing or the local repo is bare.
   if (refsResult.exitCode !== 0) {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ async function classOrphanBranches(ghAvailable: boolean): Promise<void> {
     console.log("");
     return;
   }
-  // Per Codex 2026-05-06 review: orphan-branch detection wants the
+  // Per PR #1702 review 2026-05-06: orphan-branch detection wants the
   // OPEN-PR set ("which branches still have a live PR keeping them
   // attached"), not all-states. Closed/merged PRs do not block a
   // branch from being orphaned -- in fact, a closed-not-merged PR is
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ async function classDraftPRs(ghAvailable: boolean): Promise<void> {
     "--json",
     "number,title",
   ]);
-  // Per Codex 2026-05-06 review on PR #1702: never silently swallow
+  // Per PR #1702 review 2026-05-06: never silently swallow
   // a non-zero exit. A failed gh call would otherwise print "Count: 0"
   // -- identical to genuine cleanliness -- masking unreliable data.
   if (r.exitCode !== 0) {
diff --git a/tools/hygiene/audit-promotion-ledger.ts b/tools/hygiene/audit-promotion-ledger.ts
index 27c15645f..741fb5667 100644
--- a/tools/hygiene/audit-promotion-ledger.ts
+++ b/tools/hygiene/audit-promotion-ledger.ts
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<number> {
       console.log(`  - line ${pf.lineNo}: ${pf.reason}`);
     }
     console.log("");
-    // Per Codex 2026-05-06 review on PR #1702: parse failures in
+    // Per PR #1702 review 2026-05-06: parse failures in
     // an existing ledger MUST gate CI. The header documents exit
     // code 2 for an unparseable ledger; previously this branch only
     // returned 2 when the file was missing, so JSONL syntax corruption
diff --git a/tools/hygiene/audit-trajectories.ts b/tools/hygiene/audit-trajectories.ts
index a9e65efc0..512b1da15 100644
--- a/tools/hygiene/audit-trajectories.ts
+++ b/tools/hygiene/audit-trajectories.ts
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ async function axisCadenceWorkflows(ghAvailable: boolean): Promise<void> {
       "--json",
       "conclusion,createdAt,status",
     ]);
-    // Per Codex 2026-05-06 review on PR #1702: surface gh failures
+    // Per PR #1702 review 2026-05-06: surface gh failures
     // explicitly so auth/network breakage doesn't masquerade as
     // "no recent runs" cleanliness.
     if (r.exitCode !== 0) {
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ async function axisLintWorkflows(ghAvailable: boolean): Promise<void> {
       "--json",
       "conclusion",
     ]);
-    // Per Codex 2026-05-06 review on PR #1702: surface gh failures
+    // Per PR #1702 review 2026-05-06: surface gh failures
     // so a non-zero exit isn't reported as "0 failures" cleanliness.
     if (r.exitCode !== 0) {
       console.log(
@@ -360,13 +360,13 @@ async function axisRazorCadence(ghAvailable: boolean): Promise<void> {
     "open",
     // Default page size is 30; explicit --limit prevents truncation
     // when the razor-cadence backlog grows past the default. Per
-    // Codex 2026-05-06 review on PR #1702.
+    // PR #1702 review 2026-05-06.
     "--limit",
     "200",
     "--json",
     "number,title,createdAt",
   ]);
-  // Per Codex 2026-05-06 review on PR #1702: never silently swallow
+  // Per PR #1702 review 2026-05-06: never silently swallow
   // a non-zero exit. A failed gh call would otherwise print "Count: 0"
   // -- identical to genuine cleanliness -- masking real cadence skips.
   if (r.exitCode !== 0) {