diff --git a/admin/src/definitions/DefinitionsTab.test.tsx b/admin/src/definitions/DefinitionsTab.test.tsx
index aede057..34a272d 100644
--- a/admin/src/definitions/DefinitionsTab.test.tsx
+++ b/admin/src/definitions/DefinitionsTab.test.tsx
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ describe("DefinitionsTab Font Awesome and emoji icons", () => {
     fireEvent.click(within(s).getByRole("button", { name: "Morning" }));
   }
 
-  it("ships the curated Font Awesome subset, each drawn as a filled glyph", () => {
+  it("ships the curated Font Awesome quick picks, each drawn as a filled glyph", () => {
     expect(FA_DEFINITION_ICONS.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     for (const entry of FA_DEFINITION_ICONS) {
       expect(entry.kind).toBe("fa");
diff --git a/admin/src/definitions/definitionIcons.tsx b/admin/src/definitions/definitionIcons.tsx
index b326b05..ce82ddf 100644
--- a/admin/src/definitions/definitionIcons.tsx
+++ b/admin/src/definitions/definitionIcons.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 /**
  * The icons a definition's `icon` may name (ADMIN-SPEC §3.3): the curated
- * Lucide set, the curated Font Awesome Free solid subset, or an emoji. The
- * names, labels and path data come from the shared icon registry
- * (`src/icons/registry.generated.ts`, generated from
- * `tools/icons/curated-icons.json`) — no CDN, no runtime fetch. The stored
- * value is namespaced — `lucide:<name>`, `fa:<name>` or `emoji:<grapheme>` —
- * and a legacy bare `<kebab-name>` still names the same Lucide entry.
+ * Lucide set, any icon in the full Font Awesome Free Solid set, or an emoji.
+ * The Font Awesome quick picks (`FA_DEFINITION_ICONS`) are only a curated
+ * shortcut list; `fa:<name>` resolves against the full set
+ * (`FA_SOLID_ICONS`). The names, labels and path data come from the shared
+ * icon registry (`src/icons/registry.generated.ts`, generated by
+ * `tools/icons/generate.mjs` from `tools/icons/curated-icons.json` and the
+ * installed Free Solid package) — no CDN, no runtime fetch. The stored value
+ * is namespaced — `lucide:<name>`, `fa:<name>` or `emoji:<grapheme>` — and a
+ * legacy bare `<kebab-name>` still names the same Lucide entry.
  */
 import { GlyphSvg } from "../icons/GlyphSvg";
 import {
@@ -105,8 +108,9 @@ export function emojiIconText(value: string | null): string {
 }
 
 /**
- * The curated glyph (Lucide or Font Awesome) an icon value resolves to via
- * the shared parser; emoji, unknown and null values give null.
+ * The glyph an icon value resolves to via the shared parser: a curated
+ * Lucide entry or any Font Awesome Free Solid icon (quick pick or not);
+ * emoji, unknown and null values give null.
  */
 export function findDefinitionIcon(value: string | null): DefinitionIconEntry | null {
   const icon = resolveIcon(value);
diff --git a/admin/src/icons/registry.test.ts b/admin/src/icons/registry.test.ts
index acc972f..d4aef43 100644
--- a/admin/src/icons/registry.test.ts
+++ b/admin/src/icons/registry.test.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ describe("offline bundling", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("no bundled source imports an icon package — only the curated generated data ships", () => {
+  it("no bundled source imports an icon package — only the generated registry data ships", () => {
     const sources = [join(REPO_ROOT, "admin", "src"), join(REPO_ROOT, "frontend", "src")]
       .flatMap(filesUnder)
       .filter((path) => /\.(ts|tsx)$/.test(path) && !path.endsWith(".test.ts") && !path.endsWith(".test.tsx"));
diff --git a/frontend/src/icons/render.ts b/frontend/src/icons/render.ts
index 49f3dad..3f273b4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/icons/render.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/icons/render.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * Lit rendering for the shared icon registry (`registry.generated.ts`,
- * generated from tools/icons/curated-icons.json). The glyph path data is
- * bundled — no CDN and no runtime fetch.
+ * generated by tools/icons/generate.mjs: the curated Lucide set plus the full
+ * Font Awesome Free Solid set). The glyph path data is bundled — no CDN and
+ * no runtime fetch.
  */
 import { html, svg, type TemplateResult } from "lit";