diff --git a/docs/content-model.md b/docs/content-model.md
index 4c8ebed..02c0892 100644
--- a/docs/content-model.md
+++ b/docs/content-model.md
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ overrides the defaults the binary embeds, so a bare root still renders.
 - The bundle key is its path relative to `<site>/content/`, minus language and extension. It is the cache
   key, the dependency key, and the identity in ADR-0004. It never changes silently.
 - The language suffix is optional and its absence means the default locale, always — not only while one
-  language exists (ADR-0021). `about.md` and `about.en.md` are the same variant; the parser accepts
-  either. Fallback chain: requested → default → any → 404.
+  language exists (ADR-0021). A suffix is **two or three lowercase letters** before `.md`, so
+  `about.bn.md` carries a language and `my.post.md` does not. Fallback chain: requested → default → any
+  → 404.
+- One key and language may be claimed by only one file. `about.md`, `about.en.md` and `about/index.md`
+  all name the same variant, so any two of them together are ambiguous and **none** is served — logged,
+  not fatal (ADR-0029).
 - `_index.<lang>.md` in a directory containing other bundles makes that directory itself a bundle (a
   section or series landing page) rather than a plain container.
 - Local assets sit beside the body, referenced relatively. Assets never live in frontmatter. Moving a
diff --git a/docs/state.md b/docs/state.md
index 6780d69..7397095 100644
--- a/docs/state.md
+++ b/docs/state.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # State
 
-**Verified against:** `1c19727` on 2026-07-30 — update this line every change.
+**Verified against:** `d66c3cb` on 2026-07-30 — update this line every change.
 If this file disagrees with the code, the code is right and this file is a bug.
 
 ## Inventory