diff --git a/DESIGN.md b/DESIGN.md
index e7c454e..59c983c 100644
--- a/DESIGN.md
+++ b/DESIGN.md
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ what has been checked.
    bulletins~~ (tested against `tools/sim.py`, not yet a real TNC)
 4. ~~UI: map, live position, track overlay, new-road indicator, track manager~~
 5. ~~import/export, system health, system updates from the web UI~~
-   (update upload untested on hardware)
+   (update upload run once on a reTerminal)
 6. ~~offline maps: PMTiles regions served by the daemon, download manager~~
 7. ~~Wi-Fi: scan / join / forget; hotspot fallback as a NetworkManager profile~~
    (untested on hardware)
 8. ~~install script, systemd unit, kiosk autostart, release bundle, pi-gen
    stage, CI~~ (image build not yet run)
-9. ~~heading-aware "uses this road" matching~~; per-track colours
+9. ~~heading-aware "uses this road" matching; per-track colours~~
 10. ~~GPS-disciplined time (chrony + gpsd) for a Pi with no RTC and no network~~
     (untested on hardware)
 11. ~~network access: full API only from localhost and the car's hotspot
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8836981..dba25de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -179,12 +179,14 @@ so they're opt-in, and CI always runs them. Some create their own `carchomp_test
 
 ## Status
 
-Built and tested end to end on simulated sensors: `tools/sim.py` stands in for the GPS and the
-radio, and CI runs every test, including the ones against PostGIS. 11 of the 17 stories in
-[ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md) are done. Of the real hardware, only the web update has been tried so far:
-a bundle uploaded to a reTerminal installed and the daemon came back.
-
-Next, on the reTerminal:
+CarChomp is a rewrite of carputer, which ran on a Raspberry Pi with a GPS module and an RTL-SDR, the
+hardware [stakeholder.md](stakeholder.md) describes. The rewrite is built and tested end to end on
+simulated sensors: `tools/sim.py` stands in for the GPS and the radio, and CI runs every test, including
+the ones against PostGIS. 11 of the 17 stories in [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md) are done. On its own
+hardware so far, a web update ran on a reTerminal: a bundle uploaded there installed, and the daemon
+came back.
+
+The rewrite's own hardware runs come next, on the reTerminal:
 
 - GPS fixes from a real receiver, and the clock set from them through chrony.
 - APRS from an RTL-SDR dongle through Direwolf.