diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ItemData.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ItemData.cs
index a9619c61e..ca1484e36 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ItemData.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ItemData.cs
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ public static class StatValidation
     }
 
     // Cut 7 (docs/stats-and-power-cut.md): "a stat naming a role its design lacks" must be refused, not silently
-    // fall back to the lot's own workmanship (Lot.QualityForRole already falls back for a role a lot never rolled
+    // fall back to the lot's effective quality (Lot.QualityForRole already falls back for a role a lot never rolled
     // -- that is the intended forward-compat path for an old lot meeting a newly-authored role. This is the other
     // direction: a StatTerm naming a role the design itself never declared is an authoring mistake, not a lot
     // predating the role, and must fail loudly rather than silently reading generic quality). Every PerformanceStat