diff --git a/tools/github/poll-pr-gate-batch.test.ts b/tools/github/poll-pr-gate-batch.test.ts
index 5f0df6f39..a6040aa91 100644
--- a/tools/github/poll-pr-gate-batch.test.ts
+++ b/tools/github/poll-pr-gate-batch.test.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 // across runs because every input is fixed and every random/time source
 // is excluded by construction.
 //
-// Per Aaron 2026-05-01 (the rule this tool was written to satisfy):
-// *"DST is bascically impossible there [in bash], not in ts."* These
+// Per the human maintainer 2026-05-01 (the rule this tool was written
+// to satisfy): *"DST is bascically impossible there [in bash], not in ts."* These
 // tests are the worked-example proof that a TS tool ported from a bash
 // equivalent can carry DST grade-A coverage that the bash form
 // structurally cannot.
diff --git a/tools/peer-call/append-identity-receipt.ts b/tools/peer-call/append-identity-receipt.ts
index 2ebfa57c1..7c49e387c 100755
--- a/tools/peer-call/append-identity-receipt.ts
+++ b/tools/peer-call/append-identity-receipt.ts
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ function checkNoCollision(path: string, receiptId: string): void {
 }
 
 function main(): number {
-  // Per Copilot 2026-05-06 review on PR #1702: parseArgs.next() can
+  // Per PR #1702 review 2026-05-06: parseArgs.next() can
   // throw when a flag is missing its value (e.g. `--actor` at end of
   // argv); catch the throw at main() so the script exits with a
   // user-friendly error instead of an unhandled-exception traceback.