diff --git a/packages/examples/acp-demo/tests/acp-agent.spec.ts b/packages/examples/acp-demo/tests/acp-agent.spec.ts
index f3495c827c..ab36aa56c8 100644
--- a/packages/examples/acp-demo/tests/acp-agent.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/acp-demo/tests/acp-agent.spec.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('dsh-acp-demo composition', () => {
   })
 
   it('defaults the persistence root when omitted', async () => {
-    // Exercises the `?? './.sessions'` fallback for a direct-apply caller that
+    // Exercises the `DEFAULT_PERSISTENCE_ROOT` fallback for a direct-apply caller that
     // bypasses the schema's `.default(...)`: call `apply` directly (not via
     // `ctx.plugin`, which validates+defaults the config first) with no
     // persistenceRoot, so the runtime fallback is the one that fires.
diff --git a/packages/examples/stdio-demo/tests/stdio-agent.spec.ts b/packages/examples/stdio-demo/tests/stdio-agent.spec.ts
index 79681fd954..b2398fea7c 100644
--- a/packages/examples/stdio-demo/tests/stdio-agent.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/stdio-demo/tests/stdio-agent.spec.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ describe('dsh-stdio-demo app', () => {
 
   it('defaults persistenceRoot and welcome when omitted', async () => {
     // Direct apply (NOT via ctx.plugin, which validates+defaults the config
-    // first) so the runtime `?? './.sessions'` / `?? 'ready.'` fallbacks on
+    // first) so the runtime `DEFAULT_PERSISTENCE_ROOT` / `DEFAULT_WELCOME` fallbacks on
     // apply()'s last two lines are the ones that fire — covering a
     // schema-bypassing direct-mount caller.
     const ctx = new Context()