diff --git a/src/scribe/services/reply_shapes.py b/src/scribe/services/reply_shapes.py
index a1ef77b4..4e2df4c9 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/reply_shapes.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/reply_shapes.py
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ A completion report, from the `placement` the closing call returned:
 not the steps behind them; those belong in the task's log.
 - **How / why** — only the decisions worth knowing, and how it was verified. Anything \
 that could not be verified is said here rather than left to read as passed.
-- **Needs you** — an action, an approval, a decision, or "nothing". It takes two tests: \
-is it theirs to decide, and is work waiting on it? A question you could settle by \
+- **Needs you** — an action, an approval, a decision, or "nothing". It has to answer two \
+questions yes: is it theirs to decide, and is work waiting on it? A question you could settle by \
 reading or measuring something is work not yet done — settle it, say which way you went, \
 and leave them free to overrule.
 - **Next** — from `placement.next`, or say the plan is finished. An offer to fix \