diff --git a/internal/imagepull/ext4.go b/internal/imagepull/ext4.go
index 9c2ef15..e18857b 100644
--- a/internal/imagepull/ext4.go
+++ b/internal/imagepull/ext4.go
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ const MinExt4Size int64 = 1 << 20 * 64 // 64 MiB
 // BuildExt4 creates outFile as a sparse ext4 image of sizeBytes and
 // populates it from srcDir using `mkfs.ext4 -F -d`. No mount, no sudo.
 //
-// sizeBytes must be at least MinExt4Size. Callers are expected to size
-// the file with headroom over the staged tree (the daemon orchestrator
-// does this; this function only enforces a sanity floor).
+// sizeBytes must be at least MinExt4Size. Callers size the file with
+// headroom over the staged tree (the daemon orchestrator does this;
+// this function only enforces a sanity floor).
 //
-// The resulting image's file ownership reflects srcDir's on-disk
-// ownership — see the package doc for the implications.
+// The filesystem itself is root-owned via `-E root_owner=0:0`, but
+// the per-file uid/gid/mode inside srcDir are the runner's — Go's
+// unprivileged tar extraction can't preserve them. The pipeline's
+// next step, ApplyOwnership, restores the tar-header values.
 func BuildExt4(ctx context.Context, runner system.CommandRunner, srcDir, outFile string, sizeBytes int64) error {
 	if sizeBytes < MinExt4Size {
 		return fmt.Errorf("ext4 size %d below minimum %d", sizeBytes, MinExt4Size)
diff --git a/internal/imagepull/imagepull.go b/internal/imagepull/imagepull.go
index 1d8b185..63f76a0 100644
--- a/internal/imagepull/imagepull.go
+++ b/internal/imagepull/imagepull.go
@@ -1,26 +1,35 @@
 // Package imagepull pulls OCI container images from registries and lays
-// them down as banger-ready ext4 rootfs files. The package is a primitive:
-// it produces an ext4 file plus per-file ownership metadata. Higher layers
-// (the daemon's PullImage orchestrator) decide where the file lands and
-// how it gets registered.
+// them down as banger-ready, directly-bootable ext4 rootfs files. The
+// package is a primitive: each step does one thing and returns. The
+// daemon's PullImage orchestrator (internal/daemon/images_pull.go)
+// drives the pipeline and decides where the output lands.
+//
+// Pipeline, in call order:
 //
-// Three concerns:
 //   - Pull resolves an OCI reference, selects the linux/amd64 platform,
-//     and returns a v1.Image whose layer blobs are cached on disk so
-//     re-pulls are cheap.
+//     and returns a v1.Image whose layer blobs are cached on disk under
+//     cacheDir/blobs/sha256/<hex> so re-pulls are local.
 //   - Flatten replays the layers in order into a staging directory,
-//     applies whiteouts, and rejects unsafe paths/symlinks.
-//   - BuildExt4 turns that staging directory into an ext4 file via
-//     `mkfs.ext4 -d` (no mount, no sudo).
+//     applies whiteouts, rejects unsafe paths/symlinks, and returns
+//     Metadata capturing the original tar-header uid/gid/mode for
+//     every entry.
+//   - BuildExt4 turns the staging directory into an ext4 file via
+//     `mkfs.ext4 -F -d` (no mount, no sudo). Root-owns the filesystem
+//     via `-E root_owner=0:0`.
+//   - ApplyOwnership streams a debugfs `set_inode_field` script to
+//     rewrite per-file uid/gid/mode from the captured Metadata —
+//     restores setuid bits, root-owned configs, etc. that `mkfs.ext4
+//     -d` would have left as the runner's uid/gid.
+//   - InjectGuestAgents writes banger's guest-side assets (vsock
+//     agent binary + systemd unit, network bootstrap script + unit,
+//     vsock module load) into the image in a single debugfs -w batch.
 //
-// Limitations (Phase A v1):
+// The result is a bootable rootfs. The daemon registers it with the
+// image store; from then on, `vm run` uses it like any other image.
+//
+// Limitations:
 //   - Anonymous registry pulls only. Auth is deferred.
 //   - Hardcoded linux/amd64. Other platforms reject at Pull time.
-//   - File ownership in the resulting ext4 is the runner's uid/gid;
-//     setuid binaries and root-owned config files lose their original
-//     ownership. Phase B will add a debugfs- or tar2ext4-based fixup
-//     pass; until then the produced image is suitable as input to
-//     `image build` but not directly bootable.
 package imagepull
 
 import (