diff --git a/tests/smoke.test.cjs b/tests/smoke.test.cjs
index f1ac57b..483e328 100644
--- a/tests/smoke.test.cjs
+++ b/tests/smoke.test.cjs
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ check('every installed metro copy honors the 0.83.x override pin', () => {
 // @react-navigation/core <= 7.22.0 pulls query-string -> decode-uri-component
 // <= 0.4.2 (GHSA-vcc3-ghjq-m6fr). 7.22.1 parses queries itself, so the deep
 // link round trip must still carry query params through.
+// Scope: this covers @react-navigation/core's own linking helpers only. The
+// app's deep links (simplliste://task/<id>) are resolved by expo-router's fork
+// (expo-router/build/fork/getStateFromPath*.js), which still uses
+// query-string@7 (see #120) and is not exercised here.
 check('@react-navigation/core is >= 7.22.1 and drops query-string', () => {
   const core = require('@react-navigation/core/package.json');
   const [major, minor, patch] = core.version.split('.').map(Number);