diff --git a/docs/audit-2026-10-12.md b/docs/audit-2026-10-12.md
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--- a/docs/audit-2026-10-12.md
+++ b/docs/audit-2026-10-12.md
@@ -806,13 +806,17 @@ order - each stands on the one before.
    becomes *Connections turned away*. Postfix refuses from the connection on
    while the check does not answer, before any message is offered, so a
    client that connects three times with one message is three, and a monitor
-   that only connects is one; messages cannot be counted. *To ask the owner
-   when this step is reached (2026-10-14):* since the M13 fix the figure
-   also counts whole messages - one a panel that hangs mid-message makes
-   cleanup defer (one per message, with a queue id) - so "Connections turned
-   away" would be half true; my recommendation: "Turned away" with the help
-   saying it counts connections refused at the start and messages deferred
-   in the middle. The mockup `health`
+   that only connects is one; messages cannot be counted. *Decided by the
+   owner, 2026-10-14:* since the M13 fix the figure also counts whole
+   messages - those a panel that hangs mid-message makes cleanup defer, one
+   per message, with a queue id - and the two are shown apart, not mixed:
+   *Connections turned away* (smtpd's warning, the existing `deferred`
+   column) and *Messages deferred* (cleanup's warning, a new column of
+   `sender_check_days` in this stage's migration, beside the estimated
+   mark). The counter writes each warning to its own column; the card has
+   both columns, and the help topic says what each counts. The figures
+   collected before do not mix: cleanup's case was counted only from the
+   M13 fix on, not yet deployed when this was decided. The mockup `health`
    and help topic `sender-check` first (`design:` commit), then the page and
    `view/help.go`, word for word. - **Sonnet**
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