diff --git a/docs/tools/hivectl-cli.md b/docs/tools/hivectl-cli.md
index ace96cb9..4626758a 100644
--- a/docs/tools/hivectl-cli.md
+++ b/docs/tools/hivectl-cli.md
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ Generate the federation peer-config block for THIS hive — the nix a peer opera
 
 Open an interactive Claude session inside an agent container.
 
-Runs claude as the agent user from its state dir with the harness's settings / MCP / system prompt. Bare `choom <name>` is a fresh session; `--resume <session-id>` rejoins a prior one. Never collides with the harness's live session. Requires root + a running container. See `docs/tools/hivectl.md` (Choom) for details.
+Runs claude as the agent user from its state dir with the harness's settings / MCP / system prompt. Bare `choom <name>` is a fresh session; `--continue <id|name>` rejoins a prior one. Never collides with the harness's live session. Requires root + a running container. See `docs/tools/hivectl.md` (Choom) for details.
 
 **Usage:** `hivectl choom [OPTIONS] <NAME>`
 
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ Runs claude as the agent user from its state dir with the harness's settings / M
 
 ###### **Options:**
 
-* `--resume <SESSION>` — Resume a prior claude session by its session id, passed through as `claude --resume <value>` (claude's `--continue` takes no value — it resumes the cwd's latest session, which is the harness's, so choom never uses it; this flag matches the claude flag it maps to). Omit for a fresh blank session. A value is required when the flag is given
+* `--continue <SESSION>` — Resume a prior claude session by id or display name, passed through as `claude --continue <value>`. Omit for a fresh blank session. A value is required when the flag is given
 
 
 
diff --git a/docs/tools/hivectl.md b/docs/tools/hivectl.md
index 6af3b932..51f3ec47 100644
--- a/docs/tools/hivectl.md
+++ b/docs/tools/hivectl.md
@@ -127,21 +127,18 @@ running claude from the agent's state dir. Requires root (same as all
 `machinectl shell` operations).
 
 ```bash
-hivectl choom iris                          # fresh blank Claude session in iris's container
-hivectl choom iris --resume <session-id>    # rejoin a prior session by id
+hivectl choom iris                       # fresh blank Claude session in iris's container
+hivectl choom iris --continue <id|name>  # rejoin a prior session by id or display name
 ```
 
-Bare `choom` starts a fresh blank session. `--resume <value>` passes
-through as `claude --resume <value>` to rejoin a prior session by its
-session id — the flag name deliberately matches the claude flag it maps
-to. (choom never uses claude's `--continue`: that's a bare flag that
-takes no argument and resumes the cwd's *latest* session, i.e. the
-harness's; a value after it would be consumed as the first prompt,
-silently poking the live harness session.) A value is required when the
-flag is given. Either way choom never collides with the harness's live
-session in the same project dir: the harness pins its own id via
-`--resume`, so a blank choom session is invisible to it. The container
-must be running.
+Bare `choom` starts a fresh blank session. `--continue <value>` is
+passed straight through as `claude --continue <value>` to rejoin a
+prior session — claude resolves whether the value is a session id or a
+display name (you can `/rename` a session in-session for an easy
+handle). A value is required when the flag is given. Either way choom
+never collides with the harness's live session in the same project dir:
+the harness pins its own id via `--resume`, so a blank choom session is
+invisible to it. The container must be running.
 
 choom reproduces the harness's own claude invocation so the operator
 lands in a faithful copy of the agent's environment:
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/bin/hivectl.rs b/hive-c0re/src/bin/hivectl.rs
index 3a5a743a..3b3a9e2e 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/bin/hivectl.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/bin/hivectl.rs
@@ -112,20 +112,17 @@ enum Cmd {
     ///
     /// Runs claude as the agent user from its state dir with the harness's
     /// settings / MCP / system prompt. Bare `choom <name>` is a fresh
-    /// session; `--resume <session-id>` rejoins a prior one. Never
-    /// collides with the harness's live session. Requires root + a running
+    /// session; `--continue <id|name>` rejoins a prior one. Never collides
+    /// with the harness's live session. Requires root + a running
     /// container. See `docs/tools/hivectl.md` (Choom) for details.
     Choom {
         /// Agent name (e.g. `damocles`, `iris`).
         name: String,
-        /// Resume a prior claude session by its session id, passed
-        /// through as `claude --resume <value>` (claude's `--continue`
-        /// takes no value — it resumes the cwd's latest session, which
-        /// is the harness's, so choom never uses it; this flag matches
-        /// the claude flag it maps to). Omit for a fresh blank session.
-        /// A value is required when the flag is given.
-        #[arg(long = "resume", value_name = "SESSION")]
-        resume_session: Option<String>,
+        /// Resume a prior claude session by id or display name, passed
+        /// through as `claude --continue <value>`. Omit for a fresh
+        /// blank session. A value is required when the flag is given.
+        #[arg(long = "continue", value_name = "SESSION")]
+        continue_session: Option<String>,
     },
     /// Stop containers hive-wide in one operator action. Bare `hivectl
     /// stop` stops **everything** — all sub-agents plus the ci, forge,
@@ -634,8 +631,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         },
         Cmd::Choom {
             name,
-            resume_session,
-        } => choom(&name, resume_session.as_deref()),
+            continue_session,
+        } => choom(&name, continue_session.as_deref()),
         Cmd::Quota { cmd } => match cmd {
             QuotaCmd::Enable => quota_enable().await,
             QuotaCmd::Show { name } => quota_show(name.as_deref()).await,
@@ -1034,7 +1031,7 @@ fn agent_exists(name: &str) -> Result<bool> {
 /// live harness session). See `docs/tools/hivectl.md` (Choom) for the
 /// full rationale. Inherits the caller's PTY; requires root + a running
 /// container.
-fn choom(name: &str, resume_session: Option<&str>) -> Result<()> {
+fn choom(name: &str, continue_session: Option<&str>) -> Result<()> {
     if !agent_exists(name)? {
         bail!("no such agent: '{name}' (no state dir under /var/lib/hyperhive/agents/)");
     }
@@ -1047,20 +1044,16 @@ fn choom(name: &str, resume_session: Option<&str>) -> Result<()> {
     let state_dir = format!("/agents/{name}/state");
     // Per-turn config the harness writes; matches `paths::config_dir()`.
     let cfg = "/run/hive-config";
-    // `--resume <value>` passes through as `claude --resume <value>` —
-    // the rejoin-by-id surface. (claude's `--continue` is a bare flag
-    // that resumes the cwd's latest session — the harness's — and would
-    // consume a trailing value as the first PROMPT; choom never uses
-    // it.) The value is single-quoted into the shell script, so reject
-    // an embedded single quote (the only char that breaks
-    // single-quoting) to rule out injection — session ids never
-    // contain one.
-    let session_arg = match resume_session {
+    // `--continue <value>` passes straight through to claude. The value is
+    // single-quoted into the shell script, so reject an embedded single
+    // quote (the only char that breaks single-quoting) to rule out
+    // injection — session ids / display names never contain one.
+    let session_arg = match continue_session {
         Some(val) => {
             if val.contains('\'') {
-                bail!("invalid --resume value '{val}': must not contain a single quote");
+                bail!("invalid --continue value '{val}': must not contain a single quote");
             }
-            format!("set -- --resume '{val}';")
+            format!("set -- --continue '{val}';")
         }
         None => "set --;".to_string(),
     };