diff --git a/.openspec/specs/006-btree/spec.md b/.openspec/specs/006-btree/spec.md
index 1fc454c..dbb8298 100644
--- a/.openspec/specs/006-btree/spec.md
+++ b/.openspec/specs/006-btree/spec.md
@@ -121,9 +121,17 @@ A column declared exactly `INTEGER PRIMARY KEY` is not stored in the record (SQL
 - WHEN the cursor decodes a row's payload via `record::decode_record`
 - THEN the alias column's decoded value MUST be `Value::Null` (faithful to the stored bytes), and callers needing the real value MUST substitute the row's own `rowid`
 
-**Tests:** `src/schema/ddl_reader.rs` (planned)
+**Tests:** `src/btree.rs::rowid_alias_column_decodes_as_null_not_substituted`
 
-Covered functionally once #34 (DDL reader) lands and can identify the alias column; flagging here rather than leaving this scenario unlinked.
+#### Scenario: A higher layer substitutes the alias column with the row's own rowid
+
+- GIVEN a table with an `INTEGER PRIMARY KEY` column, queried via `SELECT`
+- WHEN the alias column is projected (directly or via `SELECT *`), including through a covering-index scan where the value comes from an index leaf's own rowid rather than a table lookup
+- THEN the returned value MUST be the row's actual rowid, byte-identical to the pinned oracle's value, never the `Value::Null` this layer returns
+
+**Tests:** `src/dump.rs::tests::rowid_alias_detects_plain_integer_primary_key`, `tests/corpus/no_stats_optimizations_test.rs::covering_index_select_star_with_rowid_alias_matches_oracle`, `tests/corpus/no_stats_optimizations_test.rs::covering_index_select_star_with_rowid_alias_non_unique_duplicates_matches_oracle`
+
+Substitution landed via #34 (DDL reader)'s `rowid_alias_from_sql`/`TableSchema::rowid_alias`, now wired through `src/codegen/select/projection.rs`, `src/codegen/stmt/insert.rs`, and `src/codegen/stmt/update.rs` — this requirement's original "(planned)" note was stale; the two scenarios above are both discharged.
 
 ### Requirement 5: Index B-Tree Page Format [MUST]
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d6b2d7..b78d98f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ All notable changes to sqlite-rs. Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keep
 
 ### Docs
 
+- 006-btree Req 4 (rowid-alias columns) read as unimplemented ("covered
+  functionally once #34 lands"), but #34's DDL reader
+  (`rowid_alias_from_sql`/`TableSchema::rowid_alias`) already landed and
+  substitution is already wired through `codegen/select/projection.rs`,
+  `codegen/stmt/insert.rs`, and `codegen/stmt/update.rs` — the note was
+  stale. Added the one missing piece, a btree-layer unit test proving
+  this module itself decodes the alias column as `Value::Null`, and
+  split the requirement into its two scenarios, both now test-linked.
 - Audited all 11 specs for drift between prose and implementation and fixed
   every confirmed instance; specs 004, 007 and 008 were already clean. No
   requirement semantics changed — citations, type definitions and
diff --git a/src/btree.rs b/src/btree.rs
index 8ba2aad..9353d10 100644
--- a/src/btree.rs
+++ b/src/btree.rs
@@ -1797,6 +1797,24 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(cursor.next_row().unwrap().is_none());
     }
 
+    /// 006-btree Requirement 4: a plain `INTEGER PRIMARY KEY` column isn't
+    /// stored in the record at all — SQLite encodes it as `NULL` and
+    /// expects a higher layer to substitute the cell's own rowid. This
+    /// layer must decode it faithfully as `Value::Null`, never attempt
+    /// schema-aware substitution itself (it has no schema information).
+    #[test]
+    fn rowid_alias_column_decodes_as_null_not_substituted() {
+        let mut cursor = open_cursor("select_parity.db");
+        let row = cursor.first_row().unwrap().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(row.rowid, 1);
+        let values = decode_record(&row.payload, TextEncoding::Utf8).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            values[0],
+            Value::Null,
+            "the rowid-alias column must decode as NULL at this layer, not the rowid"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn table_multipage_full_scan_matches_oracle() {
         let mut cursor = open_cursor("table_multipage.db");