diff --git a/validate-a2ml.sh b/validate-a2ml.sh
index b84a756..bbbebc3 100755
--- a/validate-a2ml.sh
+++ b/validate-a2ml.sh
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ validate_a2ml() {
     # Canonical typed manifests under .machine_readable/6a2/ — identity comes
     # from the enclosing directory + filename, not an in-file field. Sibling
     # files in the same directory (ECOSYSTEM.a2ml, STATE.a2ml) DO carry their
-    # own 
-ame/project and continue to be validated normally.
+    # own $name/project and continue to be validated normally.
     case "$basename" in
         AGENTIC.a2ml|META.a2ml|NEUROSYM.a2ml|PLAYBOOK.a2ml)
             is_manifest=true