diff --git a/image_analysis/scale_merge/SearchSpaceGroup.cpp b/image_analysis/scale_merge/SearchSpaceGroup.cpp
index 8f581bc8..8f2caf11 100644
--- a/image_analysis/scale_merge/SearchSpaceGroup.cpp
+++ b/image_analysis/scale_merge/SearchSpaceGroup.cpp
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ SearchSpaceGroupResult SearchSpaceGroup(
     // has to grow to swallow it (mirroring the merge error model's b / ISa collapse). This isolates
     // the systematic part of the scatter, which the fixed-sigma chi^2 ratio cannot: a genuine but
     // imperfectly-scaled high-symmetry merge and a twin can share a chi^2 ratio (~2) yet differ
-    // sharply here (cubic Ins_I_3 b x1.04 vs twin Ins_H_2 b x1.6).
+    // sharply here (a genuine cubic step b x1.04 vs a merohedral twin b x1.6).
     auto merge_systematic_b = [&](const std::vector<gemmi::Op>& rotations) -> double {
         struct Acc { double sw = 0.0, swI = 0.0; int n = 0; };
         std::unordered_map<HKLKey, Acc, HKLKeyHash> grp;
@@ -455,10 +455,10 @@ SearchSpaceGroupResult SearchSpaceGroup(
     for (const auto& c : pg_cands) {
         // A genuine symmetry operator merges equivalent reflections, so it barely changes the reduced
         // chi^2 relative to the best subgroup - across the whole rotation-test battery every correct
-        // point group stays within ~1.7x, even on weak or badly-integrated data (F432 chi2_ref 8.3 ->
-        // 1.15; Thau P41212 -> 1.71). A twin law or pseudo-symmetry forces non-equivalent reflections
-        // together, so its ratio is markedly higher (Ins_H_2's twin 2-fold: R3 3.02 -> R32 6.07, ratio
-        // 2.01). max_merge_chi2_ratio sits between the two. (An earlier log10(chi2_ref) widening
+        // point group stays within ~1.7x, even on weak or badly-integrated data (a cubic F432 chi2_ref
+        // 8.3 -> 1.15; a tetragonal P41212 -> 1.71). A twin law or pseudo-symmetry forces non-equivalent
+        // reflections together, so its ratio is markedly higher (a merohedral twin 2-fold: R3 3.02 ->
+        // R32 6.07, ratio 2.01). max_merge_chi2_ratio sits between the two. (An earlier log10(chi2_ref) widening
         // compensated for an under-calibrated error model that inflated real-symmetry ratios with data
         // weakness; the variance-floor fix removed that inflation, and the widening now only let the
         // twin through, so it is gone.)
diff --git a/image_analysis/scale_merge/SearchSpaceGroup.h b/image_analysis/scale_merge/SearchSpaceGroup.h
index 9bc8ef55..076f6e87 100644
--- a/image_analysis/scale_merge/SearchSpaceGroup.h
+++ b/image_analysis/scale_merge/SearchSpaceGroup.h
@@ -87,21 +87,21 @@ struct SearchSpaceGroupOptions {
     // candidate. A false operator forces non-equivalent reflections together so they disagree by many
     // sigma and chi^2 blows up; a real one leaves it ~flat even when the operator CC is only moderate.
     // Calibrated on the rotation-test battery: every correct point group stays within ~1.7x the best
-    // subgroup even on weak / badly-integrated data (worst real case Thau P41212 at 1.71), while a twin
-    // law or pseudo-symmetry lands clearly higher (Ins_H_2's R3->R32 twin 2-fold at 2.01). 1.85 sits
+    // subgroup even on weak / badly-integrated data (worst real case a P41212 at 1.71), while a twin
+    // law or pseudo-symmetry lands clearly higher (a merohedral R3->R32 twin 2-fold at 2.01). 1.85 sits
     // between the two, so a partial merohedral twin is kept in its true lower symmetry (R3), not
     // over-promoted to the holohedral R32.
     double max_merge_chi2_ratio = 1.85;
 
     // A genuine high-symmetry merge can drift just past max_merge_chi2_ratio when its data are only
     // imperfectly scaled: each real symmetry step then adds a little systematic scatter, so a weakly-
-    // scaled cubic like Ins_I_3 lands at ratio ~2.0 - right where a merohedral twin (Ins_H_2's R3->R32
-    // at ~1.95) also lands, so the chi^2 ratio alone cannot separate them. A candidate whose chi^2 is
+    // scaled cubic case lands at ratio ~2.0 - right where a merohedral twin (an R3->R32 case at ~1.95)
+    // also lands, so the chi^2 ratio alone cannot separate them. A candidate whose chi^2 is
     // only this far past the best subgroup is therefore rescued if the SYSTEMATIC part of the extra
     // scatter stayed small (max_systematic_b_ratio): merging under a genuine operator gains multiplicity
     // without intensity-proportional disagreement, so the merge error model's b barely moves, whereas a
-    // twin forces non-equivalent reflections together and b balloons (Ins_I_3 b x1.6 vs Ins_H_2 x2.2,
-    // measured against the largest confirmed subgroup). Both bounds sit in the gap; the rescue only ever
+    // twin forces non-equivalent reflections together and b balloons (a genuine cubic step b x1.6 vs a
+    // merohedral twin x2.2, measured against the largest confirmed subgroup). Both bounds sit in the gap; the rescue only ever
     // promotes, and only in this narrow chi^2 band.
     double max_merge_chi2_rescue = 2.30;
     double max_systematic_b_ratio = 1.90;