diff --git a/holdfence.go b/holdfence.go
index b754fdd..3248072 100644
--- a/holdfence.go
+++ b/holdfence.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func checkNameHeld(t *template, name string, readers []reader) error {
 			continue
 		}
 		if path != "" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%s renders %q, which {%s} reads a path into; name the fields you want instead", e.reached(), name, path)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s reaches %q by a second route, where {%s} holds it to one draw; name the fields you want instead", e.reached(), name, path)
 		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s renders %q, which a {%s()} also reads; reach it one way so it is drawn once", e.reached(), name, operandReader(t, name))
 	}
diff --git a/readsurvey.go b/readsurvey.go
index e422d23..09735ce 100644
--- a/readsurvey.go
+++ b/readsurvey.go
@@ -356,5 +356,5 @@ func alternatives(a, b surveyAt) bool {
 }
 
 func overlapError(route surveyRoute, ref string, into pathRead) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("%s renders a level that %s reads a path into; name the fields you want instead, or draw them apart with a drawGroup", route.spelled(ref), into.at.route.spelled(into.a.spelling))
+	return fmt.Errorf("%s reads whole the reference draw that %s reads a path into; name the fields you want instead, or draw them apart with a drawGroup", route.spelled(ref), into.at.route.spelled(into.a.spelling))
 }
diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
index f0a2a90..80e5e76 100644
--- a/todo.md
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ ranking `readSurvey.walk` and `edge` hardest and the unit they would least modif
 
 This round, in order:
 
-- Word the three overlap refusals apart, `checkNameHeld`'s, `checkNoOverlap`'s and
-  `overlapError`'s: three seats grepped one message to three fences.
 - Compile a format in `format.go`: `linkTemplate` calls `compileFormat` in `node.go`,
   which calls `compileOps` and `holdfence.go`'s two checks, and both architects placed
   the step wrong.