diff --git a/FABRIC-3.md b/FABRIC-3.md
index 24478b5..e6f270a 100644
--- a/FABRIC-3.md
+++ b/FABRIC-3.md
@@ -415,9 +415,9 @@ other three become honest, explicit punch-list items instead of being touched sp
   caller today, always set to 0). Needs real design decisions before any code: would an
   ACL-guarded word be admitted as its own Stadium patron, keyed how, and what would "expire"
   mean as a reap action (revoke a permission? reset `acl_ttl`?). Stays open until decided.
-- [ ] Fix `ONTOLOGY.md` §IX's "words (dictionary, warehouse-resident today, not yet migrated)"
-  line — stale, words are fully migrated and live via `stadium_word_dispatch()`. Small,
-  independent doc fix, not blocking any of the above.
+- [x] Fixed (2026-08-26): `ONTOLOGY.md` §IX's "words (dictionary, warehouse-resident today,
+  not yet migrated)" line was stale — corrected to state words are fully migrated and live
+  via `stadium_word_dispatch()`. Doc-only, no build/boot verification needed.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/ONTOLOGY.md b/ONTOLOGY.md
index 7636fd4..b41719a 100644
--- a/ONTOLOGY.md
+++ b/ONTOLOGY.md
@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@ behaviour, not by a kind tag (`FABRIC.md` §3, §13).
 *Measurement*: Nine header wires: identity, heat, TTL, pin, link, code field, mass,
 payload, contains (`FABRIC.md` §3, with amendments cited in place).
 *Category*: The Stadium's sole occupant type.
-*Known kinds (as of this writing)*: words (dictionary, warehouse-resident today, not yet
-migrated — `FABRIC.md` §16.3), blocks (Artemis), messages (Hermes — shipped with a
+*Known kinds (as of this writing)*: words (dictionary — fully migrated and live via
+`stadium_word_dispatch()`, `FABRIC.md` §16.3/§17.7), blocks (Artemis), messages (Hermes — shipped with a
 **different** shape than this header, see `FABRIC-2.md`'s §23.4 #2 closure), VMs (Tripod,
 `FABRIC.md` §20), dirty events (console, `FABRIC.md` §17.5). Five kinds, not four — an
 earlier draft undercounted (`FABRIC.md` §1).