diff --git a/backend/internal/latest/poller.go b/backend/internal/latest/poller.go
index c4c44ca..79610d2 100644
--- a/backend/internal/latest/poller.go
+++ b/backend/internal/latest/poller.go
@@ -686,12 +686,12 @@ func (p *Poller) checkOne(ctx context.Context, sr store.Series) (outcome readOut
 	// stamp's value: a Series still completed keeps its original stamp, so the
 	// age #170 prints is "since the Site first said so"; one that stopped
 	// being completed is zeroed.
-	want := int64(0)
+	stamp := int64(0)
 	if facts.SiteCompleted {
-		want = p.Now().UnixMilli()
+		stamp = p.Now().UnixMilli()
 	}
-	if (sr.SiteCompletedAt == 0) != (want == 0) {
-		if err := p.Store.SetSiteCompletedAt(sr.Site, sr.SeriesID, want); err != nil {
+	if (sr.SiteCompletedAt == 0) != (stamp == 0) {
+		if err := p.Store.SetSiteCompletedAt(sr.Site, sr.SeriesID, stamp); err != nil {
 			// Best-effort, like every poller write: never change the outcome
 			// word the pass counts.
 			log.Printf("latest poll %q: set site completed: %v", sr.Key(), err)
diff --git a/backend/internal/store/migrations/0019_series_site_completed.sql b/backend/internal/store/migrations/0019_series_site_completed.sql
index ee47164..75783cb 100644
--- a/backend/internal/store/migrations/0019_series_site_completed.sql
+++ b/backend/internal/store/migrations/0019_series_site_completed.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -- When the last successful Poll read saw the Site's own completed value
 -- (#168): epoch-ms, zero meaning it did not. DEFAULT 0 keeps pre-existing
--- rows readable; nothing reads it yet — #170 is the surface.
+-- rows readable.
 ALTER TABLE series ADD COLUMN site_completed_at bigint NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;