diff --git a/emacs/flan-dev.el b/emacs/flan-dev.el
index 533ceb3..a5e6f2f 100644
--- a/emacs/flan-dev.el
+++ b/emacs/flan-dev.el
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 ;; The editor half of Flan's dev loop.  `flan dev program.flan' compiles the
 ;; program, launches it, and listens on .flan-dev.sock beside the source; this
-;; connects to that socket and sends it forms.
+;; connects to that socket and sends it forms.  M-x flan-dev starts that
+;; daemon from here and connects when it is serving, so the loop needs no
+;; terminal — and M-x flan-dev-quit ends it, which ends the program, because
+;; the daemon is what owns the program's lifetime.
 ;;
 ;; C-c C-c recompiles the top-level form at point and installs it in the
 ;; running program, at that program's next frame boundary.  Call sites compiled