diff --git a/linting/config/.spectral-r4.yaml b/linting/config/.spectral-r4.yaml
index d81b489b..56479618 100644
--- a/linting/config/.spectral-r4.yaml
+++ b/linting/config/.spectral-r4.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #   apiRoot, 403, error codes, subscription, format descriptions, required props,
 #   array items description, notification content-type
 # - 14.06.2026: Added camara-integer-safe-range rule (S-038)
+# - 08.07.2026: Reworded S-038 description and message to the OpenAPI Format Registry framing
 
 
 # Note: @stoplight/spectral-owasp-ruleset is installed via validation/package.json.
@@ -543,7 +544,7 @@ rules:
     recommended: true
 
   camara-integer-safe-range:
-    description: "Integer schema values MUST stay within the JavaScript safe-integer range."
+    description: "Integer schema values MUST stay within the 53-bit integer range recommended by the OpenAPI Format Registry."
     message: "{{error}}"
     severity: error
     given: "$"
diff --git a/linting/config/lint_function/camara-integer-safe-range.js b/linting/config/lint_function/camara-integer-safe-range.js
index 877c169b..0d208d04 100644
--- a/linting/config/lint_function/camara-integer-safe-range.js
+++ b/linting/config/lint_function/camara-integer-safe-range.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 // CAMARA Project - support function for Spectral linter
-// Checks integer schema values for JavaScript safe-integer compatibility.
+// Checks integer schema values against the 53-bit integer range recommended
+// by the OpenAPI Format Registry for int64.
 //
-// Release snapshot bundling passes OpenAPI YAML through JavaScript tooling.
-// Numeric integer literals outside Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER can be silently
-// rounded before the snapshot is published, so r4 validation rejects them.
+// Recipients that parse JSON numbers into double-precision (binary64)
+// representation cannot preserve integer literals outside the 53-bit range;
+// release snapshot bundling is one such consumer and can silently round the
+// value before the snapshot is published, so r4 validation rejects them.
 
 const MAX_SAFE_INTEGER = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
 const INTEGER_VALUE_KEYS = [
@@ -24,11 +26,13 @@ export default (document, _options, context) => {
   function addFinding(value, path, label) {
     errors.push({
       message:
-        `Integer schema ${label} ${String(value)} exceeds the JavaScript ` +
-        `safe-integer range [-${MAX_SAFE_INTEGER}, ${MAX_SAFE_INTEGER}]. ` +
-        "Values outside this range can be silently rounded by release " +
-        "bundling; use a value within range or model it as a string " +
-        "(CAMARA Design Guide section 2.2).",
+        `Integer schema ${label} ${String(value)} exceeds the 53-bit ` +
+        `integer range [-${MAX_SAFE_INTEGER}, ${MAX_SAFE_INTEGER}] ` +
+        "recommended by the OpenAPI Format Registry. Values outside this " +
+        "range are silently altered by tooling that parses JSON numbers " +
+        "into double-precision (binary64) representation, including " +
+        "release bundling; use a value within range or model it as a " +
+        "string (CAMARA Design Guide section 2.2).",
       path,
     });
   }
diff --git a/validation/tests/test_spectral_gap_rules.py b/validation/tests/test_spectral_gap_rules.py
index 0ca00a10..8526067b 100644
--- a/validation/tests/test_spectral_gap_rules.py
+++ b/validation/tests/test_spectral_gap_rules.py
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ def test_non_id_parameter_ignored(self):
 
 
 class TestS038IntegerSafeRange:
-    """S-038: integer schema values must stay within JS safe-integer range."""
+    """S-038: integer schema values must stay within the 53-bit integer range."""
 
     def test_unsafe_int64_maximum_fires(self):
         spec = _VALID_SPEC + (