diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f747adeae..fea2dc070 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ All notable changes to OriginWeave are documented in this file. The format follo
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Documentation fitness now treats numbered active-PR examples as dated assessment evidence and explicitly defers current PR/issue inventory to live GitHub state, preventing old branch examples from being presented as current implementation truth.
 - Aligned the hourly product-development branch-coverage toolchain and its one-shot materializer with the reviewed `nightly-2026-08-18` pin, and corrected the official Dependabot Rust-toolchain reference.
 - Separated logical origin authority from resolved network destination authority; an origin grant no longer implies permission to connect to every resolver result.
 - Separated resolved-address authorization from direct transport evidence; an approved IP now becomes a usable stream only after the operating system reports the exact requested IP and port.
diff --git a/docs/DOCUMENTATION_FITNESS.md b/docs/DOCUMENTATION_FITNESS.md
index 69f603252..88c01ecee 100644
--- a/docs/DOCUMENTATION_FITNESS.md
+++ b/docs/DOCUMENTATION_FITNESS.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # OriginWeave Documentation Fitness Assessment
 
 - **Assessment date:** 2026-08-11
-- **Assessment scope:** protected `main`, every current OriginWeave implementation lane relevant to canonical product truth, and durable product decisions that must be reconstructable without chat history
+- **Assessment scope:** protected `main`, the implementation lanes observed on the assessment date, and durable product decisions reconstructable without chat history; live GitHub PR/issue state supersedes every numbered active-PR example below, which is dated evidence rather than a current inventory
 - **Assessment type:** semantic fitness, not file-presence inventory
 - **Current verdict:** **DESIGN-SUFFICIENT / PROTECTED-MAIN-PARTIAL**
 
diff --git a/tests/test_documentation_active_pr_evidence_contract.py b/tests/test_documentation_active_pr_evidence_contract.py
index bc60535a2..7b2793fe0 100644
--- a/tests/test_documentation_active_pr_evidence_contract.py
+++ b/tests/test_documentation_active_pr_evidence_contract.py
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ def test_baseline_refresh_changelog_matches_the_live_snapshot(self) -> None:
         self.assertNotIn("128 open pull requests (54 ready, 74 draft)", added)
         self.assertNotIn("153 open pull requests (39 ready, 114 draft)", added)
 
+    def test_changed_changelog_entries_use_single_list_markers(self) -> None:
+        """Keep Changed entries as one-level Keep a Changelog bullets."""
+        changed = self.changelog.split("### Changed", 1)[1].split("### Security", 1)[0]
+        self.assertFalse(
+            any(line.startswith("- - ") for line in changed.splitlines()),
+            "Changed entries must not contain nested list markers",
+        )
+
     def test_dependency_stacks_are_explicit_and_non_shipped(self) -> None:
         """Current browser, network, sensitive and compatibility stacks stay active-only."""
         for pr_number in (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66):