diff --git a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-16-esmole-monorepo.md b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-16-esmole-monorepo.md
index 29341f7..5e11baf 100644
--- a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-16-esmole-monorepo.md
+++ b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-16-esmole-monorepo.md
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Replace the root `package.json` with a workspaces root that holds only shared de
 }
 ```
 
-Note: root `vitest.config.ts` is kept (Task 1.4 updates it to a multi-package projects config) so `vitest run` at the root drives every package's tests in one run with one coverage gate.
+Note: root `vitest.config.ts` is kept (Task 1.4 updates it to a multi-package projects config) so `vitest run` at the root drives every package's tests in one run. Coverage, however, is enforced per package via `npm run coverage --workspaces` (each package owns its threshold) — not as a single merged root gate.
 
 - [ ] **Step 2: Create `tsconfig.base.json`** with the shared compiler options (lifted verbatim from the current `tsconfig.json`):
 
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ git commit -m "chore: wire biome and workspace install"
 **Files:**
 - Create: `vitest.config.ts` (root)
 
-- [ ] **Step 1: Create root `vitest.config.ts`** with named projects that glob into every package. (One root run = one coverage gate over all packages.)
+- [ ] **Step 1: Create root `vitest.config.ts`** with named projects that glob into every package. (One root run executes all packages' tests; coverage is enforced per package via the workspace fan-out, not from this root config.)
 
 ```ts
 import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'