diff --git a/misc/qet-mcp/README.md b/misc/qet-mcp/README.md
index d6b391456..a1abd9b02 100644
--- a/misc/qet-mcp/README.md
+++ b/misc/qet-mcp/README.md
@@ -543,8 +543,11 @@ Python, plus the hang guard on `addConductor` and the database refresh in
   the cheapest found by a search that charges for length, for each bend
   and, less heavily, for running along or crossing another wire. Obstacles
   are each symbol's own rectangle plus half a grid step; texts, images,
-  shapes and tables are not obstacles. The path is saved as a hand-edited
-  one, so it survives a reload and one undo puts the default back. Where
+  shapes and tables are not obstacles. Running along another wire costs
+  more but is not forbidden, so where there is no other way two wires
+  can end up drawn on top of each other. The path is saved as a
+  hand-edited one, so it survives a reload and one undo puts the
+  default back. Where
   no route exists, the wire keeps its path: `route_conductor` returns
   `"no-route"` and both ops say so in `note` -- it is not a failure, and
   the run goes on. Like a hand-edited path, it is stretched rather than
diff --git a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/conductor.cpp b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/conductor.cpp
index 8939e0bac..95b298442 100644
--- a/sources/qetgraphicsitem/conductor.cpp
+++ b/sources/qetgraphicsitem/conductor.cpp
@@ -1402,11 +1402,11 @@ bool Conductor::moveSegment(int index, qreal dx, qreal dy)
 bool Conductor::setPathPoints(const QList<QPointF> &scene_points)
 {
 	if (scene_points.size() < 2 || !terminal1 || !terminal2) return false;
-	const auto near = [](const QPointF &a, const QPointF &b) {
+	const auto isNear = [](const QPointF &a, const QPointF &b) {
 		return qAbs(a.x() - b.x()) < 0.5 && qAbs(a.y() - b.y()) < 0.5;
 	};
-	if (!near(scene_points.first(), terminal1->dockConductor()) ||
-		!near(scene_points.last(), terminal2->dockConductor()))
+	if (!isNear(scene_points.first(), terminal1->dockConductor()) ||
+		!isNear(scene_points.last(), terminal2->dockConductor()))
 		return false;
 	QList<QPointF> points;
 	for (int i = 0; i < scene_points.size(); ++i) {
diff --git a/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.cpp b/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.cpp
index 0c5e83f9c..57f094717 100644
--- a/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.cpp
+++ b/sources/scripting/qetscriptapi.cpp
@@ -1264,8 +1264,13 @@ QString QetScriptApi::applyRoute(Conductor *conductor, const QString &caller)
 		return QStringLiteral("no-route");
 	}
 	if (!conductor->setPathPoints(route.points)) {
-		log(QStringLiteral("qet.%1: the route found does not join the two terminals; "
-						   "the conductor keeps its path").arg(caller));
+			// ConductorRouter always gives at least the two terminals and an
+			// exit point between them, so this is a route that is not a run
+			// of horizontal and vertical segments from one terminal to the
+			// other -- a bug in the router, not something the folio did.
+		log(QStringLiteral("qet.%1: the route found was refused (it must run in "
+						   "horizontal and vertical segments from one terminal to "
+						   "the other); the conductor keeps its path").arg(caller));
 		return QStringLiteral("no-route");
 	}
 	return QStringLiteral("routed");