diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/sync-wrappers.yml b/.gitea/workflows/sync-wrappers.yml
index c4c9910..2491571 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/sync-wrappers.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/sync-wrappers.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # main. Maintenance automation (not artifact publishing), so it is allowed on a
 # main push under the D7 trigger standard. Requires BOT_TOKEN: the gitea-bot
 # org token (content+PR write to the consumer repos; never committed).
+#
+# Consumer drift checks run only after their sync PRs merge to main. They must
+# not run on the sync PR itself, which can create recursive cross-repo checks.
 name: sync-wrappers
 
 on:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce72be8..269499b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ publish event is a `v*` tag (see `sow-docs/runbooks/ci-trigger-standard.md`).
 - `publish-image.yml` — manual `workflow_dispatch` break-glass republish.
 - `sync-wrappers.yml` — on a `main` push that touches `wrappers/`, auto-PR the
   canonical wrappers to the consumer repos in `wrappers/consumers.txt`.
+  Consumer drift checks run after those PRs merge to `main`, not on the PRs
+  themselves, to avoid recursive cross-repo checks.
 
 ## Consumers