diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ka.toml b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ka.toml
index 1c9d5ad8..5b73b4fb 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ka.toml
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ka.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 [meta]
 name = "ქართული"
-status = "draft — needs native review"
+status = "draft — reviewed by a native speaker, awaiting a maintainer's approval"
 
 [ui]
 "% of all commits" = "ყველა კომიტის %"
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
index 98bc3d8f..9faff001 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ pub struct Lang {
     pub code: &'static str,
     /// The language's own name for itself (the language picker shows it untranslated).
     pub name: &'static str,
-    /// Machine-drafted, waiting for a native speaker's review (`[meta] status`).
+    /// A draft (`[meta] status` set): waiting for a native speaker's review, or reviewed and waiting for
+    /// a maintainer's approval.
     pub draft: bool,
     /// Index into [`LANGS`] of the catalog a regional one overlays ("es" under "es-419": it lists
     /// only what differs), else 0 (English).
diff --git a/docs/translating.md b/docs/translating.md
index 0c011fa3..eaa59755 100644
--- a/docs/translating.md
+++ b/docs/translating.md
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ picker leaves Georgian out. A new CJK or other non-Latin language also needs its
 The check fails on keys the code uses that `en.toml` lacks (it prints the lines to paste), keys no
 code uses, unknown command ids, placeholders that don't match English, and, for complete languages,
 anything untranslated. Machine-drafted catalogs stay marked as drafts until a native speaker has
-reviewed them.
+reviewed them; a reviewed catalog stays a draft until a maintainer approves it (its `status` says which).
 
 ## Adding strings in code