diff --git a/tools/ci/identity-check.sh b/tools/ci/identity-check.sh
index e14fdf38c..86d2457b2 100755
--- a/tools/ci/identity-check.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/identity-check.sh
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ TEXT_FILES="$(find "$TMP" -type f \( -name '*.md' -o -name '*.rs' -o -name '*.py
   -o -name '*.csv' -o -name '*.toml' -o -name '*.txt' -o -name '*.log' -o -name '*.html' \) -print)"
 while IFS= read -r f; do
   [ -n "$f" ] || continue
+  # the second rig is card-free on purpose: its cards are in dispute between lanes (7 October 2026, night); the first rig's list is verified
   perl -pi -e '
     s/the PC node at 192\.168\.[0-9.]+/the RTX 5090 node on the LAN/g;
     s/\bPC 1\x27s\b/the three-card Windows rig\x27s/g; s/\bPC 1\b/the three-card Windows rig (RTX 5090, RTX 4070, RX 9070 XT)/g;
-    s/\bPC 2\x27s\b/the RTX 5090 Windows rig\x27s/g; s/\bPC 2\b/the RTX 5090 Windows rig/g;
+    s/\bPC 2\x27s\b/the second Windows rig\x27s/g; s/\bPC 2\b/the second Windows rig/g;
     s/\bthe PC node\b/the RTX 5090 node/g;
     s/\bWindows PC\b/an RTX 5090 on Windows/g;
     s/\bthe PC\x27s\b/the RTX 5090 machine\x27s/g;