diff --git a/pairing.py b/pairing.py
index ed5684d..be7a6a4 100644
--- a/pairing.py
+++ b/pairing.py
@@ -166,14 +166,13 @@ async def pair_spire(
     return the seed URL the spire redeems at first boot.
 
     `duration_hours` (optional, aiolabs/lnbits#54 item 2) stamps `expiresAt`
-    on the spire's connect token. NOTE: this bounds ONLY the window in which
-    an *un-redeemed* token can first connect — nsecbunkerd reads `expiresAt`
-    solely in `validateToken` at redeem time. Once the spire has connected
-    and its per-KeyUser grants are materialized, an expired token keeps
-    signing (the sign-time ACL never checks `expiresAt`; same ACL-ordering
-    subtlety as the revoke finding, #22). The real post-bind cutoff is
-    `revoke_spire` (`revoke_key_user`), not TTL. Post-bind TTL enforcement is
-    tracked at aiolabs/nsecbunkerd#24. None = non-expiring connect window.
+    on the spire's connect token, bounding the established binding's lifetime.
+    Since aiolabs/nsecbunkerd#27 (deployed 2026-06-19) the sign-time ACL
+    evaluates token lifecycle on EVERY request (`checkIfPubkeyAllowed` step 4
+    joins through a `liveWhere` filter; `applyToken` no longer photocopies
+    grants), so an expired token stops signing post-bind, not just at connect.
+    The spire must re-pair to keep signing once the token lapses. None =
+    non-expiring (the only invalidation path is then `revoke_spire`).
 
     `admin_client` must already be connected (the caller owns the
     `async with NsecBunkerAdminClient.from_settings()` context) — keeps
@@ -255,16 +254,16 @@ async def revoke_spire(
     machine: Machine, *, admin_client: NsecBunkerAdminClient
 ) -> int:
     """Revoke a spire's bunker access (the "Revoke spire access" UX,
-    aiolabs/spirekeeper#9/#12; security model per #22).
+    aiolabs/spirekeeper#9/#12).
 
-    Calls `revoke_key_user` — NOT `revoke_token` / `revoke_key_token`.
-    lnbits eager-binds (redeems) the connect token at provision time
-    (aiolabs/lnbits#32), so nsecbunkerd has already materialised the
-    token's policy into standing per-`KeyUser` `SigningCondition` grants;
-    its sign-time ACL checks those *before* the `Token.revokedAt` filter,
-    so revoking the token is a silent no-op (the spire keeps signing).
-    Only `KeyUser.revokedAt` — set by `revoke_user` / `revoke_key_user` —
-    actually cuts off signing (verified live 2026-06-18, #22).
+    Calls `revoke_key_user` (sets `KeyUser.revokedAt`) — the subject-level
+    sticky ban that's checked at step 2 of `checkIfPubkeyAllowed`, beating
+    every grant. This cuts the WHOLE binding regardless of how many tokens
+    were issued to the spire, which is the right semantics for "revoke this
+    spire." (Since aiolabs/nsecbunkerd#27 token-revoke also works post-bind —
+    the sign-time ACL now evaluates `Token.revokedAt`/`expiresAt` live every
+    request, closing the #22 no-op — but per-token revoke only cuts one
+    token's grant, so `revoke_key_user` remains the correct full-deauth call.)
 
     Returns the number of KeyUsers revoked: >= 1 means the spire's signing
     access is now cut; 0 means nothing was bound (token minted but the
diff --git a/tests/test_pairing.py b/tests/test_pairing.py
index 54f00ca..080f5f9 100644
--- a/tests/test_pairing.py
+++ b/tests/test_pairing.py
@@ -287,8 +287,10 @@ def test_pair_default_duration_is_none():
 
 
 def test_revoke_spire_calls_revoke_key_user():
-    # revoke MUST go through revoke_key_user (KeyUser.revokedAt), not token
-    # revoke — token revoke is a no-op once redeemed (spirekeeper#22).
+    # revoke goes through revoke_key_user (KeyUser.revokedAt) — the subject-
+    # level ban that cuts the whole binding, not just one token's grant.
+    # (Token-revoke also works post-bind since nsecbunkerd#27, but only
+    # severs a single token; revoke_key_user is the full-deauth call.)
     bunker = FakeBunker(revoke_count=2)
     count = asyncio.run(revoke_spire(_machine(), admin_client=bunker))
     assert count == 2