diff --git a/.claude/CLAUDE.md b/.claude/CLAUDE.md
index 4a0d2c32..5c2d482c 100644
--- a/.claude/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/.claude/CLAUDE.md
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@ what the nightly runs are one and the same.
   silently dropped. 1025 = 1024 content bytes + 1 NUL terminator.
 
 ### Gotchas in the tree
-- **`kernel/src/kernel_main.c`'s own header comment claims "M7: Not started" -- it is STALE.**
-  M7/M7.1/M7.pre logic is present and functional (`kernel_main.c` ~lines 481-517). Don't
-  propagate the stale comment.
 - **`kernel/src/virtio/virtio_blk.c` relates to the roadmap's "M9 block storage" item** --
   implemented via virtio, not AHCI as older docs describe. Don't assume milestone-complete from
   source presence alone; that hasn't been verified.
diff --git a/kernel/src/kernel_main.c b/kernel/src/kernel_main.c
index 48a4e211..29aac33e 100644
--- a/kernel/src/kernel_main.c
+++ b/kernel/src/kernel_main.c
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * kernel_main.c - StarKernel main entry point (LithosAnanke branch)
+ * kernel_main.c - StarKernel main entry point
  *
- * Milestone status:
- *   M0-M5: Complete (build, boot, PMM, VMM, interrupts, timer)
- *   M6: Infrastructure present (kmalloc exists, validation deferred)
- *   M7: Not started (VM integration pending)
+ * Milestone status (corrected 2026-11-12, #144: it said M6 deferred and "M7: Not started";
+ * .claude/CLAUDE.md, Architecture, is where it is kept):
+ *   M0-M6: Complete (build, boot, PMM, VMM, interrupts, timer, kmalloc) -- v1.5.1-FINAL
+ *   M7:    Complete (the StarForth VM integrated, parity validated)
+ *   M7.1:  In progress (capsule birth, the Mama vocabulary, the Tripod fleet, the word ACL)
+ * The system booted by default is v4, StarForth's F18 engine (sk_v4_run); system=v3 boots v3
+ * (docs/fabric/FABRIC-3.md XLIII).
  */
 
 #ifndef __STARKERNEL__