diff --git a/crates/eps/src/ai_editing/tests.rs b/crates/eps/src/ai_editing/tests.rs
index a3b2800fd3..0fba16781c 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/ai_editing/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/ai_editing/tests.rs
@@ -4473,8 +4473,8 @@ fn type_the_data_cant_hold_is_written_as_its_outlines() {
     rings.subpaths.extend(shapes::rectangle(Rect::new(120.0, 30.0, 170.0, 70.0)).subpaths);
     holed.kind = vectorcraft_doc::TextKind::Area { frame: rings };
     holed.xf = Affine::IDENTITY;
-    // A carriage return in the characters: a story ends its paragraphs with it. Area type that
-    // flows around a wrap object: the wrap object's settings aren't written.
+    // A carriage return in the characters: a story ends its paragraphs with it. Area type with
+    // wrap shapes and no wrap object: the text document doesn't hold the shapes.
     let returned = vectorcraft_doc::TextObject::point(vectorcraft_geom::Point::new(10.0, 90.0), "A\rB", style(10.0, Color::BLACK));
     let mut wrapped = vectorcraft_doc::TextObject::point(vectorcraft_geom::Point::ZERO, "Wrapped round", style(10.0, Color::BLACK));
     wrapped.kind = vectorcraft_doc::TextKind::Area { frame: shapes::rectangle(Rect::new(10.0, 10.0, 90.0, 60.0)) };
diff --git a/crates/eps/src/ai_editing/writer/texts.rs b/crates/eps/src/ai_editing/writer/texts.rs
index 6bc3c63b09..885af725b7 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/ai_editing/writer/texts.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/ai_editing/writer/texts.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,9 @@ pub(in crate::ai_editing) fn holds(n: &Node, t: &TextObject) -> bool {
             shape(t).as_ref().and_then(segments).is_some_and(|s| !(open && closed(&s)))
         }
     };
-    // Area type that flows around wrap objects: the data doesn't hold their wrap settings.
+    // Area type with wrap shapes: the text document doesn't hold them. The reader works them out
+    // again from the art above the type, which can wrap it differently (a live object written as
+    // its drawn pieces) or not at all.
     shape_ok
         && t.wrap.is_empty()
         && t.ruby.is_empty()
@@ -962,6 +964,7 @@ impl TextDoc {
                     matches!(t.kind, TextKind::Area { .. })
                         && t.vertical == vertical
                         && writable(n.id)
+                        // The text document doesn't hold wrap shapes (see `holds`).
                         && t.wrap.is_empty()
                         && plain(n)
                         && t.ruby.is_empty()