diff --git a/completions/mcpctl.fish b/completions/mcpctl.fish
index 9e5d169..9cac1cb 100644
--- a/completions/mcpctl.fish
+++ b/completions/mcpctl.fish
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ complete -c mcpctl -n "__mcpctl_subcmd_active repos import" -l ssh -d 'Use ssh c
 set -l tasks_cmds advance verdict accept reject history
 complete -c mcpctl -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from tasks; and not __fish_seen_subcommand_from $tasks_cmds" -a advance -d 'Move a task to the next state'
 complete -c mcpctl -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from tasks; and not __fish_seen_subcommand_from $tasks_cmds" -a verdict -d 'Record a QA / Security / SRE verdict, pinned to the commit it judged'
-complete -c mcpctl -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from tasks; and not __fish_seen_subcommand_from $tasks_cmds" -a accept -d 'Accept a task awaiting review — fires the merge'
+complete -c mcpctl -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from tasks; and not __fish_seen_subcommand_from $tasks_cmds" -a accept -d 'Accept a task awaiting review (records the decision; does NOT merge the PR yet)'
 complete -c mcpctl -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from tasks; and not __fish_seen_subcommand_from $tasks_cmds" -a reject -d 'Send a task back with direction (the comment is required)'
 complete -c mcpctl -n "__fish_seen_subcommand_from tasks; and not __fish_seen_subcommand_from $tasks_cmds" -a history -d 'Show the transition log and recorded verdicts'
 
diff --git a/src/cli/src/commands/tasks.ts b/src/cli/src/commands/tasks.ts
index ffee69e..469a646 100644
--- a/src/cli/src/commands/tasks.ts
+++ b/src/cli/src/commands/tasks.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function createTasksCommand(deps: TasksCommandDeps): Command {
     });
 
   cmd.command('accept')
-    .description('Accept a task awaiting review — fires the merge')
+    .description('Accept a task awaiting review (records the decision; does NOT merge the PR yet)')
     .argument('<task>', 'Task name or id')
     .option('--note <text>', 'Comment stored with the decision')
     .action(async (task: string, opts) => {
diff --git a/src/mcpd/src/services/task.service.ts b/src/mcpd/src/services/task.service.ts
index 8fa35f9..7131d75 100644
--- a/src/mcpd/src/services/task.service.ts
+++ b/src/mcpd/src/services/task.service.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ const TRANSITIONS: Record<TaskState, readonly TaskState[]> = {
   security_review: ['sre_review', 'done', 'in_progress', 'cancelled'],
   sre_review: ['done', 'in_progress', 'cancelled'],
   done: ['awaiting_review', 'in_progress', 'cancelled'],
-  // The human gate: accept fires the merge, reject sends it back with a comment.
+  // The human gate: accept records the decision, reject sends it back with a
+  // comment. NOTE: accept does not yet merge anything — the git-provider merge
+  // call is task 148/149. Until then `merged` means "a human approved it", not
+  // "it is in main".
   awaiting_review: ['merged', 'in_progress', 'cancelled'],
   // Post-merge failure reopens; the same agent picks it back up.
   merged: ['reopened'],
@@ -263,6 +266,10 @@ export class TaskService {
    * Accept: awaiting_review → merged. The caller's comment is stored on the
    * task, so the decision and its reason live together.
    *
+   * Does NOT merge a pull request. No git-provider client is wired yet (148),
+   * so this records human approval and nothing else. Anything that reads
+   * `merged` as "landed in main" is currently wrong.
+   *
    * This is a task-level yes/no on a resolved outcome, NOT a per-tool approval
    * — the agent has already acted autonomously up to this point.
    */