diff --git a/scripts/profile_sync.py b/scripts/profile_sync.py
index d7adf80d..4be15954 100644
--- a/scripts/profile_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/profile_sync.py
@@ -725,9 +725,11 @@ def verify_at_pin(part: RefPart, pin_lines, tokens) -> PartResult:
             part, "AMBIGUOUS", None, None, None, elsewhere,
             "declared value carried by several lines",
         )
+    # Content-level evidence, stronger than a line-shift heuristic: the value
+    # sits on exactly one line, so the recale target is not a guess.
     return PartResult(
-        part, "CHANGED", None, elsewhere[0], elsewhere[0], elsewhere,
-        "declared value carried by another line",
+        part, "MOVED", None, elsewhere[0], elsewhere[0], elsewhere,
+        "declared value occurs once at the pinned revision",
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_profile_sync.py b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
index 7eb5c82e..b18553dd 100644
--- a/tests/test_profile_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class TestVerifyAtPin(unittest.TestCase):
         lines = ["load()", "", "", "", "", "", 'rom("cafebabe")']
         part = RefPart("a.c", 1, 1, "a.c:1")
         result = profile_sync.verify_at_pin(part, lines, ["cafebabe"])
-        self.assertEqual(result.status, "CHANGED")
+        self.assertEqual(result.status, "MOVED")
         self.assertEqual(result.start, 7)
 
     def test_declared_value_on_several_lines_is_ambiguous(self):
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ class TestBuildReport(unittest.TestCase):
         profile["source_commit"] = "headsha"
         profile["files"][0]["crc32"] = "deadbeef"
         report = build_report("test", profile, self.dir)
-        self.assertEqual(report.entries[0].status, "CHANGED")
+        self.assertEqual(report.entries[0].status, "MOVED")
 
     def test_a_value_absent_from_the_whole_file_is_not_held_against_the_ref(self):
         # A ref citing loading logic never spells the value out; its absence