From 630c3758f5a3ae7704a463eb7f84dcc3d16de35c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdessamad Derraz <3028866+Abdess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:46:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: every entry carries its category

---
 wiki/verification-modes.md | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wiki/verification-modes.md b/wiki/verification-modes.md
index fb0003bc..f433eacc 100644
--- a/wiki/verification-modes.md
+++ b/wiki/verification-modes.md
@@ -292,11 +292,12 @@ categories, read from the profiles of the cores the platform runs:
 | game data | only `category: game_data` entries of those profiles name it | none, counted apart |
 | unread | the platform declares its cores, every one has a profile, at least one emulates the entry's system, and none opens the entry | none, counted apart |
 
-Every missing entry carries what establishes its category: the profile entries
-that read it, with their source reference, or the cores of its system that were
-examined and found no reader, or the reason the question stays open. `--verbose`
-prints it under the entry, `--json` carries it as `category_evidence`, and each
-platform page shows it.
+Every entry, held or missing, carries what establishes its category: the profile
+entries that read it, with their source reference, or the cores of its system that
+were examined and found no reader, or the reason the question stays open.
+`--verbose` prints it under a missing entry, `--json` carries it as
+`category_evidence` on each entry, and each platform page shows it under every
+file. Only a missing entry's category changes its severity.
 
 The report counts the last two on a line of their own (`Missing, not firmware: ...`)
 and `--verbose` names them. They stay in the platform's file and in the totals, but