diff --git a/tests/test_doc_pages.py b/tests/test_doc_pages.py
index 57a285f1..27487bbf 100644
--- a/tests/test_doc_pages.py
+++ b/tests/test_doc_pages.py
@@ -559,5 +559,27 @@ class RegistryKeysDocumented(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertNotIn("belongs to the platform\nYAML", section)
 
 
+class ResolutionSkipsNamesForUnheldFiles(unittest.TestCase):
+    """The resolution table promised name_exact to any entry without a hash,
+    while an unsourceable entry, or one whose indexed path is absent from
+    disk, skips every step that answers by name and returns not_found."""
+
+    def test_the_page_names_both_cases_the_code_guards(self):
+        import common
+
+        source = inspect.getsource(common.resolve_local_file)
+        self.assertIn('unsourceable = bool(file_entry.get("unsourceable")) or own_file_absent', source)
+        for guard in (
+            "if not has_strong_hash and not unsourceable:",
+            "elif not unsourceable:",
+            "if _depth < 3 and not has_strong_hash and not unsourceable:",
+            "if data_dir_registry and (has_strong_hash or not unsourceable):",
+        ):
+            self.assertIn(guard, source)
+        section = _section(_page("verification-modes.md"), "File resolution chain")
+        self.assertIn("`unsourceable:`", section)
+        self.assertIn("restore_large_files.py", section)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/wiki/verification-modes.md b/wiki/verification-modes.md
index 3990eda5..efaee1fe 100644
--- a/wiki/verification-modes.md
+++ b/wiki/verification-modes.md
@@ -274,6 +274,20 @@ evidence-compatible match:
 
 If no step matches, the result is `(None, "not_found")`.
 
+Two kinds of entry skip every answer given by a name alone: steps 6 and 9, the
+`hash_mismatch` of step 7, and the name lookup of step 10 when no hash is declared.
+
+- An entry whose profile carries `unsourceable:`. The collection cannot hold that
+  file, so a file answering to its name belongs to something else: `kanji.rom`
+  names an FPseNG font, an openMSX font and a 3DO ROM.
+- An entry whose full destination path is in the `by_path_suffix` index while no
+  indexed copy is on disk. That file is a release asset the checkout has not
+  restored (`scripts/restore_large_files.py`), and another file of the same name
+  is not it.
+
+The content steps still apply to both, so collecting the real bytes, or restoring
+the asset, makes the entry resolve.
+
 The `hash_mismatch` status means a file with the right name or path exists but its hash
 does not match. This still resolves to a local path (the file is present), but verification
 will report it as UNTESTED with a reason string showing the expected vs actual hash prefix.