diff --git a/openfut-blaze-host/openfut-observe.sh b/openfut-blaze-host/openfut-observe.sh
index 07af41f..2c54270 100755
--- a/openfut-blaze-host/openfut-observe.sh
+++ b/openfut-blaze-host/openfut-observe.sh
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ cmd_off() {
   echo "observing off: removed $removed hook(s) and the chain, verified none remain"
 }
 
-# "port<TAB>packets", catch-all reported as "other".
+# "port<TAB>packets". The final catch-all is reported as TOTAL, not "other":
+# every packet reaching the chain counts there, including ones already counted
+# by a named-port rule above it.
 counters() {
   ipt -L "$CHAIN" -v -n -x 2>/dev/null | awk '
     /dpt:/ { for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) if($i ~ /^dpt:/){ sub(/dpt:/,"",$i); print $i "\t" $1 } ; next }