diff --git a/app/talk-guardian.hoon b/app/talk-guardian.hoon
index 031ffce797..de42140cfc 100644
--- a/app/talk-guardian.hoon
+++ b/app/talk-guardian.hoon
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
     =>  %+  roll
           ^-  (list {security naem cord})
           :~  [%brown (main our.bol) 'default home']
-              [%green ~.public 'visible activity']
+              [%green %public 'visible activity']
           ==
         |=  {{typ/security nom/naem des/cord} _ta}
         %+  ta-action  ost.bol
@@ -1774,9 +1774,9 @@
           [%reader ul]
           [%burden (at /[%p])]
           [%report ul]
-          [%circle (al knot rang)]
+          [%circle (al term rang)]
       ==
-  ++  knot  (do %tas)
+  ++  term  (do %tas)
   ++  rang  (mu (al plac (mu (un plac))))
   ++  plac  (or %da %ud)
   --
diff --git a/sur/talk.hoon b/sur/talk.hoon
index 25a9705f19..3096525c5f 100644
--- a/sur/talk.hoon
+++ b/sur/talk.hoon
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 ::>    wrapper molds, for semantic clarity.
 ::+|
 ::
-::TODO  term & rename
-++  naem  knot                                          ::<  circle name
+::TODO  rename
+++  naem  term                                          ::<  circle name
 ++  nick  cord                                          ::<  local nickname
 ::
 ::>  ||