diff --git a/boss/SKILL.md b/boss/SKILL.md
index a85c625..3769eb7 100644
--- a/boss/SKILL.md
+++ b/boss/SKILL.md
@@ -118,8 +118,12 @@ For each dispatched skill's result, decide:
 - **Bounce-back** — one of the four named triggers fired (see
   "Notifications" below). Send a notify, stop the loop.
 - **Done-state** — queue is empty AND the cycle is fully
-  ratified (audit clean, fieldtest clean if applicable). Go to
-  Step 5.
+  ratified (audit drift-clean, fieldtest clean if applicable).
+  Go to Step 5. A `/boss` done-state means this run has nothing
+  left to dispatch; it is not an automatic milestone close —
+  closing a tracker milestone needs its end-to-end milestone
+  fieldtest green and stays a deliberate manual act (see
+  `../docs/pipeline.md` § Milestone-close gate).
 
 ### Step 5 — On done-state: Notify