diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dacd0b0..103c68d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ Notable changes to Cloudfall. The format follows
   moving off Neon, a section for MSPs on gated operations and the record
   as the page sent to a client, a section on how the gate works with a
   real decision record, and a free pilot by email; the manifesto page and
-  the link preview image follow the same look
+  the link preview image follow the same look, and the manifesto's release
+  policy is stated as "proven live or labeled unproven" instead of "pre-1.0"
 - The README, the site, the roadmap and the architecture say what is built
   on a team's own Ansible repository (the operations catalog, the gate,
   decision records and `cloudfall why`) instead of calling it unbuilt, show
diff --git a/MANIFESTO.md b/MANIFESTO.md
index 7b0e4c4..d6a7eb6 100644
--- a/MANIFESTO.md
+++ b/MANIFESTO.md
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ explicit, it chooses explicit.
 Every implemented layer is exercised on disposable servers against real
 targets: real certificates, real DNS flips on owned domains, real rollbacks
 of deliberately bad releases. What has not been proven live is listed as
-such in the README and the roadmap. "Pre-1.0, honestly labeled" is not
-marketing copy; it is the release policy.
+such in the README and the roadmap. "Proven live or labeled unproven" is
+not marketing copy; it is the release policy.
 
 ## 8 · Open core, never crippled
 
diff --git a/site/public/manifesto.html b/site/public/manifesto.html
index e378dea..dbcd88b 100644
--- a/site/public/manifesto.html
+++ b/site/public/manifesto.html
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ <h2>Proven live or labeled unproven</h2>
           real targets: real certificates, real DNS flips on owned domains,
           real rollbacks of deliberately bad releases. What has not been
           proven live is listed as such in the README and the roadmap.
-          <strong>"Pre-1.0, honestly labeled" is not marketing copy; it is the
-          release policy.</strong>
+          <strong>"Proven live or labeled unproven" is not marketing copy; it is
+          the release policy.</strong>
         </p>
       </div>