diff --git a/test/forge-backends.test.sh b/test/forge-backends.test.sh
index 8349708..e34bfc1 100644
--- a/test/forge-backends.test.sh
+++ b/test/forge-backends.test.sh
@@ -598,9 +598,9 @@ FAKE_REVIEWS='[
   {"user":{"login":"claude-bot"},"state":"REQUEST_CHANGES","commit_id":"old","submitted_at":"2026-08-22T23:03:39Z"}
 ]'
 review_requests_stub
-check "supersedes: a stale approver who was never re-requested is not requested" 0 "" \
+check "supersedes 'a stale approval still owes a verdict': one never re-requested is not requested" 0 "" \
   eq "" forge_pr_review_requests 96
-check "supersedes: a merged PR whose requested_reviewers still lists the whole panel yields nobody" 0 "" \
+check "supersedes 'the never-cleared forgejo field collapses to who actually owes': a merged PR yields nobody" 0 "" \
   eq "" forge_pr_review_requests 146
 
 # crew!97's opening request rows. Deliberately unordered with one duplicate:
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ check "supersedes: a reviewer re-requested while holding REQUEST_CHANGES is requ
 FAKE_REVIEWS_N=1
 FAKE_REVIEWS='[{"user":{"login":"kimi-bot"},"state":"REQUEST_REVIEW","commit_id":"","submitted_at":"2026-08-22T22:51:12Z"}]'
 review_requests_stub
-check "supersedes: a login whose only row is REQUEST_REVIEW is requested" 0 "" \
+check "supersedes 'a Forgejo request row is not an answer and leaves the login outstanding': its login is requested" 0 "" \
   eq "kimi-bot" forge_pr_review_requests 97
 
 # GitHub already exposes the exact live set on the PR object. Stub only the