diff --git a/docs/architecture/packages.md b/docs/architecture/packages.md
index 69f52aa..fc08924 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/packages.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/packages.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ It is the only root; `sysroot/` is what schos-base is packaged from. Only
 `alpine-lock` asks Alpine what is current. A normal build installs exactly what
 `world.lock` names — files in `dist/alpine/`, fetched once and checked against the
 lock's sha256, and against Alpine's signatures by apk — and never asks what is newer.
-`world.lock` resolves the handful of names in `world` into a few hundred files, every
+`world.lock` resolves the thirty-odd names in `world` into about 180 packages, every
 dependency included, so every image after the first is reproducible.
 
 schos-base and its repository index are signed with a key made on the first build