diff --git a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/engine_config.rs b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/engine_config.rs
index c950cf1f..c1b821d7 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/engine_config.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/engine_config.rs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ pub struct EngineConfig {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub engine: EngineSection,
     /// Per-module wasmtime resource limits. Applies uniformly to every
-    /// module; per-module overrides land in 0.3.
+    /// module.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub limits: ModuleLimits,
     /// Per-chain RPC URLs keyed by EIP-155 chain id. Numeric TOML keys
@@ -176,10 +176,7 @@ pub struct EngineConfig {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub extensions: HashMap<String, toml::Value>,
     /// Modules the supervisor should boot. Each entry resolves a
-    /// `(component.wasm, module.toml)` pair on the local filesystem
-    /// for 0.2 - content-addressed resolution (Swarm / OCI /
-    /// `[[content.sources]]`) lands in 0.3 per
-    /// `docs/03-module-discovery.md`.
+    /// `(component.wasm, module.toml)` pair on the local filesystem.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub modules: Vec<ModuleEntry>,
     /// Provider components the supervisor should boot alongside the
@@ -271,8 +268,8 @@ fn default_log_backfill_concurrency() -> usize {
 /// `[engine.metrics]` config. When `enabled = true` the engine starts
 /// a Prometheus HTTP exporter on `bind_addr` and serves `/metrics`.
 ///
-/// Default: disabled. Operators opt in explicitly so the M3 / M4
-/// runbook smoke runs do not bind a port unintentionally.
+/// Default: disabled. Operators opt in explicitly so a run does not
+/// bind a port unintentionally.
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 pub struct MetricsSection {
     #[serde(default)]
diff --git a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/impls/identity.rs b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/impls/identity.rs
index bbea4d44..392ed552 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/impls/identity.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/impls/identity.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-//! `nexum:host/identity`: deferred to 0.3 (keystore / KMS backend).
-//! `accounts()` returns an empty roster so guests can probe-then-skip;
-//! signing returns `unsupported`.
+//! `nexum:host/identity`: unimplemented stub. `accounts()` returns an
+//! empty roster so guests can probe-then-skip; signing returns
+//! `unsupported`.
 
 use crate::bindings::nexum;
 use crate::bindings::nexum::host::types::Fault;
diff --git a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/impls/messaging.rs b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/impls/messaging.rs
index 4cf45da5..459994ab 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/impls/messaging.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/impls/messaging.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-//! `nexum:host/messaging`: the Waku backend is deferred to 0.3, so
-//! `publish` reports `unsupported` and `query` returns empty, the same
-//! posture as `identity::accounts`. The per-store topic scope is enforced
-//! ahead of that stub: a provider carrying a
+//! `nexum:host/messaging`: unimplemented stub. `publish` reports
+//! `unsupported` and `query` returns empty. The per-store topic scope is
+//! enforced ahead of that stub: a provider carrying a
 //! `[[adapters]].messaging_topics` grant may only publish within it, so
 //! the egress boundary is live even though delivery is not.
 
diff --git a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/impls/remote_store.rs b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/impls/remote_store.rs
index f2c8661f..1894484f 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/impls/remote_store.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/impls/remote_store.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-//! `nexum:host/remote-store`: deferred to 0.3 (Swarm backend).
+//! `nexum:host/remote-store`: unimplemented stub; every call returns the
+//! unsupported fault.
 
 use crate::bindings::nexum;
 use crate::bindings::nexum::host::types::Fault;
diff --git a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/provider_pool.rs b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/provider_pool.rs
index 55d5e912..b30c7a40 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/provider_pool.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/host/provider_pool.rs
@@ -44,10 +44,9 @@ const DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
 
 /// Transport retry-layer parameters. `watch_canonical_logs_from` surfaces
 /// RPC errors to the caller and ends the stream on the first one unless
-/// the transport retries it (per alloy's own guidance on that builder).
-/// This layer heals transient blips below the poller, so a momentary node
-/// hiccup does not force a re-open - and a re-open is exactly where a gap
-/// could reappear.
+/// the transport retries it. This layer heals transient blips below the
+/// poller, so a momentary node hiccup does not force a re-open, which is
+/// exactly where a gap could reappear.
 const RPC_MAX_RETRIES: u32 = 10;
 const RPC_RETRY_BACKOFF_MS: u64 = 300;
 /// Compute-units-per-second budget the retry layer paces rate-limited
diff --git a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/manifest/mod.rs b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/manifest/mod.rs
index da7e0c06..17b49ab2 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/manifest/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/manifest/mod.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
-//! `module.toml` parser and capability-enforcement helpers (0.2 scope).
+//! `module.toml` parser and capability-enforcement helpers.
 //!
-//! 0.2 intentionally ships a slim subset of the manifest spec:
-//!
-//! - `[capabilities].required` is parsed and validated (names must be in
-//!   the known capability set; the 0.2 reference engine always provides
-//!   all of them, so this is a sanity check + future-proofing).
-//! - `[capabilities].optional` is parsed and logged; trap-stub fallback
-//!   for absent optionals is deferred to 0.3.
+//! - `[capabilities].required` is parsed and validated: names must be in
+//!   the known capability set, which the engine always provides.
+//! - `[capabilities].optional` is parsed and logged.
 //! - `[capabilities.http].allow` is parsed and consulted by the
 //!   wasi:http gate before any outbound call.
 //! - `[config]` is flattened to `Vec<(String, String)>` and passed to the
-//!   module's `init`. Typed `config-value` variant is deferred to 0.3.
+//!   module's `init`.
 //!
 //! When the manifest file is missing or has no `[capabilities]` section,
-//! a deprecation warning is emitted and the engine falls back to 0.1
-//! behaviour (treat every linked capability as required). This fallback
-//! will be removed in 0.3.
+//! a deprecation warning is emitted and the engine falls back to treating
+//! every linked capability as required.
 //!
 //! ## Layout
 //!
diff --git a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/manifest/types.rs b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/manifest/types.rs
index 1960dc61..a90f4abd 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/manifest/types.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/manifest/types.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ pub struct Manifest {
     pub config: toml::Table,
     /// Event subscriptions the runtime wires before calling
     /// `_init`. See `docs/02-modules-events-packaging.md` for the
-    /// schema; 0.2 implements `block` and `chain-log` kinds, `cron` is
-    /// parsed and ignored (deferred to 0.3).
+    /// schema. Implements `block` and `chain-log` kinds; `cron` is
+    /// parsed and ignored.
     #[serde(default, rename = "subscription")]
     pub subscriptions: Vec<Subscription>,
     /// Extension-owned sections: every non-core top-level key, parsed
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub type ExtensionSections = BTreeMap<String, toml::Value>;
 /// fails loudly rather than silently disabling an event source.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum Subscription {
-    /// New-block events. Fan-out is shared per chain - the
+    /// New-block events. Fan-out is shared per chain: the
     /// supervisor opens one subscription per chain id and routes to
     /// every module that asked for blocks on that chain.
     Block {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pub enum Subscription {
         chain_id: u64,
     },
     /// Chain-log events matching `address` + topic-0. Fan-out is
-    /// per-module - the supervisor opens one subscription per
+    /// per-module: the supervisor opens one subscription per
     /// `[[subscription]]` entry and tags emitted events with the
     /// owning module.
     ChainLog {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pub enum Subscription {
         /// Contract address as `0x`-prefixed 20-byte hex. Optional.
         address: Option<String>,
         /// Topic-0 of the event the module wants to consume. `0x`-
-        /// prefixed 32-byte hex. Optional - when absent the
+        /// prefixed 32-byte hex. Optional: when absent the
         /// subscription matches every event from the address(es).
         event_signature: Option<String>,
         /// Resume across engine restarts. When `true` the host persists a
@@ -87,10 +87,9 @@ pub enum Subscription {
         /// tolerates dropping the oldest missed blocks.
         max_lookback: Option<u64>,
     },
-    /// Cron-scheduled tick. 0.2 parses but does not dispatch; the
+    /// Cron-scheduled tick. Parsed but not dispatched; the
     /// supervisor emits a warning so the operator knows the
-    /// declaration is currently inert. `schedule` is preserved so a
-    /// 0.3 dispatcher can pick it up without re-parsing the manifest.
+    /// declaration is currently inert. `schedule` is preserved verbatim.
     Cron {
         /// Standard 5-field cron expression.
         #[allow(dead_code)]
diff --git a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/runtime/event_loop.rs b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/runtime/event_loop.rs
index 3b848306..265e2885 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/runtime/event_loop.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/runtime/event_loop.rs
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     /// `open_block_streams` spawns one independent reconnect task per chain.
     /// Per-chain task isolation means a slow or reconnecting chain does not
-    /// delay events from other chains — each chain has its own mpsc channel
+    /// delay events from other chains: each chain has its own mpsc channel
     /// and backoff timer.
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn open_block_streams_opens_one_task_per_chain() {
diff --git a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/runtime/restart_policy.rs b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/runtime/restart_policy.rs
index 7b80dd62..26be7eb7 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/runtime/restart_policy.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/runtime/restart_policy.rs
@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@
 //! | ... | doubles |
 //! | 9+ | capped at 5 minutes |
 //!
-//! State is in-memory per supervisor process. Persistence across
-//! engine restarts is out of scope (a separate 0.3 / M5 follow-up
-//! that lands alongside `submitted:{uid}` cross-restart dedup).
+//! State is in-memory per supervisor process; it does not persist
+//! across engine restarts.
 
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 /// Hard cap on the restart backoff. After ~8 doublings we plateau
-/// here. Tuneable in 0.3 via `engine.toml::[engine.restart]`.
+/// here.
 pub const RESTART_MAX_BACKOFF: Duration = Duration::from_secs(300);
 
 /// Compute the wait window the supervisor honours before the next
diff --git a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/supervisor/tests.rs b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/supervisor/tests.rs
index 829eae09..96bbb443 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/supervisor/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/supervisor/tests.rs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ async fn run_does_not_bail_when_both_stream_kinds_are_empty() {
 // supervisor boundary, without loading a real wasm module.
 
 /// Block and chain-log streams are both consumed within the same `run()`
-/// session — the `biased` select does not starve either event kind. One
+/// session: the `biased` select does not starve either event kind. One
 /// item of each kind is queued before the loop starts; `run()`'s returned
 /// tally must show both were drained. A regression that breaks either
 /// select arm (or reorders the `biased` polling so one side never fires)
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ async fn run_delivers_block_and_chain_log_events_without_starvation() {
 /// After `run()` returns on the shutdown path, all reconnect tasks are
 /// drained: the Shutdown arm calls `tasks.shutdown()`, which aborts every
 /// handle and then joins each one, so no task detaches and outlives the
-/// engine. (The companion contract — a task parked on a dropped receiver
-/// exits with `ReceiverGone` on its own — is asserted directly in
+/// engine. (The companion contract, a task parked on a dropped receiver
+/// exiting with `ReceiverGone` on its own, is asserted directly in
 /// `event_loop::tests::reconnect_task_exits_receiver_gone_when_receiver_drops`;
 /// it cannot be observed here because `TaskSet::shutdown` aborts first.)
 /// Issue #58.
diff --git a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/test_utils/harness.rs b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/test_utils/harness.rs
index 10d808d6..7dc21eef 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-runtime/src/test_utils/harness.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-runtime/src/test_utils/harness.rs
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ chain_id = 1
         rt.wait().await.expect("clean shutdown");
     }
 
-    /// Blocks pushed in order arrive at the module in the same order —
+    /// Blocks pushed in order arrive at the module in the same order:
     /// the per-chain stream, the select, and the dispatch path preserve
     /// delivery order. Issue #56's ordering guarantee, asserted on the
     /// module's own log records rather than inferred from termination.
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ chain_id = 1
     /// so a block that was picked up finishes its wasmtime call and its
     /// log record survives `wait()`. The test first proves the dispatch
     /// completed (log line present), then shuts down and re-reads the same
-    /// record after the engine is fully torn down — if teardown dropped or
+    /// record after the engine is fully torn down: if teardown dropped or
     /// truncated completed work, the second read fails. Issue #58.
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn harness_shutdown_preserves_completed_dispatch() {
diff --git a/crates/nexum-sdk-test/src/lib.rs b/crates/nexum-sdk-test/src/lib.rs
index 1da359e2..6d8b31b4 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-sdk-test/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-sdk-test/src/lib.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 //!
 //! The traits report failures as [`nexum_sdk::host::Fault`] rather than
 //! the `Fault` `wit_bindgen::generate!` emits per-module. A module
-//! bridges with a trivial converter on its own crate boundary - see the
+//! bridges with a trivial converter on its own crate boundary; see the
 //! tutorial for the exact shape.
 //!
 //! Domain test crates compose these mocks with their own scripted
@@ -600,11 +600,11 @@ impl RemoteStoreHost for MockRemoteStore {
 ///
 /// # Fidelity vs the real `redb` store
 ///
-/// Two gaps remain (deferred to the `MockRuntime` refactor, #94):
-/// - **No transaction semantics** - `redb` wraps each `on_event` in an
+/// Two gaps vs `redb`:
+/// - **No transaction semantics**: `redb` wraps each `on_event` in an
 ///   implicit write transaction (commit on `Ok`, rollback on trap); this
 ///   mock commits every `set` immediately.
-/// - **No concurrent access** - the backing `RefCell` is single-threaded,
+/// - **No concurrent access**: the backing `RefCell` is single-threaded,
 ///   whereas `redb` uses MVCC.
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct MockLocalStore {
diff --git a/crates/nexum-sdk/src/lib.rs b/crates/nexum-sdk/src/lib.rs
index 9961cc24..c131660b 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-sdk/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-sdk/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@
 //! use them regardless of which world it exports. Domain layers such as
 //! the CoW SDK depend on this crate and add their own surface on top.
 //!
-//! The crate is the shared companion to the per-module
-//! `wit_bindgen::generate!` invocation: modules keep their own
-//! wit-bindgen call (which emits the world-specific `Guest` trait,
-//! `Fault` shape, and host import shims into the module's own
-//! crate) and pull helpers and canonical primitive types from here.
+//! Modules keep their own `wit_bindgen::generate!` call, which emits
+//! the world-specific `Guest` trait, `Fault` shape, and host import
+//! shims into the module's own crate, and pull helpers and canonical
+//! primitive types from here.
 //!
 //! ## What lives here
 //!
@@ -69,14 +68,10 @@
 //!   sink so module authors emit `tracing::info!(...)` with no host
 //!   parameter to thread.
 //!
-//! ## Why no `wit_bindgen::generate!` here
-//!
-//! The macro emits types into the calling crate (the module's
-//! cdylib). Re-exporting wit-bindgen output from a library crate
-//! would duplicate symbols and break the component-export contract.
-//! Helpers in this SDK therefore take primitive types (`&[u8]`,
-//! `Option<&str>`, slices) rather than the per-module `Fault`
-//! type; modules unpack their `Fault` on the way in.
+//! Helpers take primitive types (`&[u8]`, `Option<&str>`, slices)
+//! rather than the per-module `Fault` type, so this library emits no
+//! wit-bindgen output of its own; modules unpack their `Fault` on the
+//! way in.
 //!
 //! [`Address`]: alloy_primitives::Address
 //! [`B256`]: alloy_primitives::B256
diff --git a/crates/nexum-sdk/src/wit_bindgen_macro.rs b/crates/nexum-sdk/src/wit_bindgen_macro.rs
index 98059b8b..003af051 100644
--- a/crates/nexum-sdk/src/wit_bindgen_macro.rs
+++ b/crates/nexum-sdk/src/wit_bindgen_macro.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 //! Declarative macro that generates the `WitBindgenHost` adapter
-//! every module ships in `lib.rs`.
-//!
-//! Before this macro existed, each module hand-rolled ~80 lines of
-//! mechanical glue: the `struct WitBindgenHost;` plus the core trait
-//! impls plus the fault, chain-error, and level conversions. The code
-//! differed across modules in zero places that were not bugs.
+//! every module ships in `lib.rs`: the `struct WitBindgenHost;` plus
+//! the core trait impls and the fault, chain-error, and level
+//! conversions.
 //!
 //! The adapter is capability-selected: the `caps: [...]` form emits
 //! only the pieces backed by the module's declared capabilities
diff --git a/tools/load-gen/src/main.rs b/tools/load-gen/src/main.rs
index 15a05760..60d20588 100644
--- a/tools/load-gen/src/main.rs
+++ b/tools/load-gen/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-//! Anvil-side load generator for shepherd's M4 load test.
+//! Anvil-side load generator for the runtime load test.
 //!
 //! Connects to an Anvil fork of Sepolia, impersonates the pinned test
-//! EOA (no signer required - `anvil_impersonateAccount` skips
+//! EOA (no signer required: `anvil_impersonateAccount` skips
 //! signature verification), and submits N `ComposableCoW.create(...)`
 //! plus M `CoWSwapEthFlow.createOrder(...)` calls per new block. The
 //! resulting `ConditionalOrderCreated` and `OrderPlacement` events are
-//! what shepherd's twap-monitor and ethflow-watcher dispatch on.
+//! what the twap-monitor and ethflow-watcher modules dispatch on.
 //!
 //! Knobs (`--help` for the full list):
 //! - `--anvil <url>`            WebSocket URL of the Anvil fork
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@
 //! - `--ethflow-per-block M`    calls to CoWSwapEthFlow.createOrder per block
 //! - `--duration <minutes>`     wall-clock window the loop runs for
 //!
-//! Pinned identities mirror `docs/operations/e2e-prep.md`:
-//! EOA, ComposableCoW, TWAP handler, CoWSwapEthFlow, WETH9, COW token,
-//! Safe. These are constant across the Sepolia fork.
+//! Pinned identities: EOA, ComposableCoW, TWAP handler, CoWSwapEthFlow,
+//! WETH9, COW token, Safe. These are constant across the Sepolia fork.
 
 #![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]