diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 31fa3b502..a770fbd35 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
   the five borough cores load and `CCTV_NYC_MAX_SOURCES` changes the cap. The catalog-wide ceiling is
   unchanged; extra cameras share it round-robin with the other packs.
 
-- Direction instruction limits report complete routes honestly and retain a final roundabout exit within the limit.
+- Directions no longer shows a truncation notice for a route with exactly 200
+  turns, and a roundabout at the 200th turn keeps its exit distance.
 
 - Weather records keep missing conditions unknown and refuse summaries without a measured temperature.
 
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index c98b2f667..1f794a5b5 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -3327,10 +3327,6 @@ from fixtures (`providers/mapillary/coverageFixture.mjs`,
 photo flow. CI runs the fixture gate and `qa:panel-resize`
 against a production build served by `vite preview` with a dummy token.
 
-Directions retains up to 200 turn instructions. Its truncation notice appears
-only when another independent instruction is omitted; a complete route with
-exactly 200 turns does not show the notice.
-
 Directions is a keyless front end to the routing the voice agent already
 uses. Its row chips are the whole interface: DRIVE / WALK / BIKE pick the
 profile; SET A and SET B arm the next globe click (Escape or a second press
@@ -3403,9 +3399,10 @@ rate limit from the routing service is reported as one instead of as "no route
 found". `src/data/routeSteps.js` turns OSRM maneuver type / modifier / exit /
 road name into one plain-English sentence per decision, folding
 `exit roundabout` steps into the roundabout they leave, and caps one route at
-200 maneuvers — a route past that cap is reported as cut off, in the row
-summary and as the last line of the list, because the arrival step is among
-the ones dropped.
+200 maneuvers — a route with more is reported as cut off, in the row summary
+and as the last line of the list, because the arrival step is among the ones
+dropped. A route of exactly 200 is complete, and a roundabout exit after the
+200th keeps folding into it.
 
 A step's card opens from its dot on the globe or from its line in the list, and
 the list covers every step including departure and arrival, which have no dot.
diff --git a/src/data/routeSteps.test.mjs b/src/data/routeSteps.test.mjs
index a3c8cf227..6bf74dd08 100644
--- a/src/data/routeSteps.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/routeSteps.test.mjs
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ test('the step list is capped, and the cap is reported rather than hidden', () =
   // would present a route that simply stops in the middle of a road.
   assert.equal(cut.truncated, true);
   const exact = normalizeOsrmSteps({
-    legs: [{ steps: many.slice(0, ROUTE_STEPS_MAX - 1) }],
+    legs: [{ steps: many.slice(0, ROUTE_STEPS_MAX) }],
   });
-  assert.equal(exact.steps.length, ROUTE_STEPS_MAX - 1);
+  assert.equal(exact.steps.length, ROUTE_STEPS_MAX);
   assert.equal(exact.truncated, false, 'a route that fits is not cut');
 });