diff --git a/docs/modernization/roadmap.md b/docs/modernization/roadmap.md
index 1ffd02c6..82254020 100644
--- a/docs/modernization/roadmap.md
+++ b/docs/modernization/roadmap.md
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ app-owned dialog insertion path while leaving the remaining retained dialog
 families debt-tracked.
 The stale `make_canvas_draw_merge_branch_dispatch(...)` forward declaration in
 `src/canvas.cpp` now matches the existing 7-argument implementation, shrinking
-the draw-merge helper API mismatch as part of the completed `STR-016`
-cleanup logged in `b9ed78e1`.
+the draw-merge helper API mismatch as part of the `STR-016` cleanup in
+`b9ed78e1`.
 The remaining `Canvas::draw_merge()` inline-default comment in `src/canvas.cpp`
 now matches the header's `SIXPLETTE(true)` default, so the draw-merge mismatch
 is comment-only and archival.