diff --git a/crates/stella-cli/src/daemon/boot.rs b/crates/stella-cli/src/daemon/boot.rs
index 53bb8443..a607385a 100644
--- a/crates/stella-cli/src/daemon/boot.rs
+++ b/crates/stella-cli/src/daemon/boot.rs
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@
 //!   the checkpoint on every terminal path, abort included, so a policy stop
 //!   retracts its resume point on the way out. A row written by a build that
 //!   predates #1653 — where a policy stop really did store `Error` — is
-//!   therefore filtered by [`SkipReason::NoResumePoint`] anyway, without this
-//!   module having to trust its status.
+//!   therefore filtered by `SkipReason::NoResumePoint` anyway (named, not
+//!   linked: this module is private, so rustdoc cannot resolve it), without
+//!   this module having to trust its status.
 //! - **The attempt bound still applies.** An `Error` that resumes into
 //!   another `Error` is counted like any other continuation and retired
 //!   after `MAX_BOOT_ATTEMPTS`.