diff --git a/hive-bash-mcp/src/runner.rs b/hive-bash-mcp/src/runner.rs
index a13d141d..5a0e6e06 100644
--- a/hive-bash-mcp/src/runner.rs
+++ b/hive-bash-mcp/src/runner.rs
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
 //!
 //! At daemon startup, before that interrupted-marking pass, any file under
 //! `tasks_dir()` older than 30 days is deleted outright — see
-//! [`sweep_old_tasks`]. Nothing swept this directory before, and it had
-//! grown without bound as a result, repeatedly holding stale credentials
-//! in captured output.
+//! `sweep_old_tasks` (a plain backtick, not a `[...]` link: it's private,
+//! and this module doc is public-facing). Nothing swept this directory
+//! before, and it had grown without bound, repeatedly holding stale
+//! credentials in captured output.
 //!
 //! The runner kills the child process on timeout — `tokio::process::Child::drop()`
 //! does not kill children, so we explicitly call `child.kill().await`.