diff --git a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
index 04b1f2ca..c78b62f9 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
@@ -636,9 +636,16 @@ nginx container at `/matrix/` when
 `HIVE_MATRIX_GUI_ENABLED` env var → `state.matrix_gui_enabled` in
 `/api/state`; the gateway does the actual static serving.
 
-The operator opens `/matrix/` directly — there's no tile for it on the
-H0M3 hub — logs in once with the in-host tuwunel homeserver URL
-(`http://localhost:8008` or whatever the matrix module exposes).
+There's no tile for it on the H0M3 hub (removed along with Forge's —
+see the H0M3 section above). Instead the operator reaches it from the
+swarm-ui LinksMenu (the 🔗 popover on every swarm-ui route,
+`docs/swarm/ui.md::Quick links`) — `hive-matrix.nix` registers a
+`{label: "Matrix", url: "https://<gatewayHost>/"}` entry into
+`services.hyperhive.swarm.controller.links` whenever the gateway
+fronts matrix and the GUI is on, same gating condition
+`state.matrix_gui_enabled` used to check. Logs in once with the
+in-host tuwunel homeserver URL (`http://localhost:8008` or whatever
+the matrix module exposes).
 
 The unified nginx-front re-root to
 `https://chat.${hyperhive.swarm.domain}` + `.well-known/matrix/client`
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/hive-matrix.nix b/nix/host-modules/hive-matrix.nix
index 632643a7..bc836acc 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/hive-matrix.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/hive-matrix.nix
@@ -513,10 +513,12 @@ in
 
     # This swarm-ui quick-links entry. Gated on `gui.enable` too, not just
     # `gatewayHost != null`: `/` on that vhost only serves fluffychat
-    # (below) when the GUI is on — otherwise the link would 404, the same
-    # reason the old dashboard's H0M3 page hides its Matrix tile on
-    # `state.matrix_gui_enabled` rather than `gatewayHost` alone. See
-    # `services.hyperhive.swarm.controller.links`'s description.
+    # (below) when the GUI is on — otherwise the link would 404. Same
+    # `gatewayHost && gui.enable` condition the removed hive-dashboard
+    # H0M3 tile used to check via `state.matrix_gui_enabled` before this
+    # link became the only way in (docs/web-ui/dashboard.md::M4TR1X
+    # page). See `services.hyperhive.swarm.controller.links`'s
+    # description.
     services.hyperhive.swarm.controller.links =
       lib.optional (cfg.gatewayHost != null && cfg.gui.enable)
         {