diff --git a/onchain/src/Optimizer.sol b/onchain/src/Optimizer.sol
index 58a6371..954c775 100644
--- a/onchain/src/Optimizer.sol
+++ b/onchain/src/Optimizer.sol
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ contract Optimizer is Initializable, UUPSUpgradeable, IOptimizer {
     /// @dev Gas budget forwarded to calculateParams via staticcall.
     ///      Evolved programs that exceed this are treated as crashes — same outcome
     ///      as a revert — and getLiquidityParams() returns bear defaults instead.
-    ///      200 000 gives ~13x headroom over the current seed (~15 k gas) while
+    ///      500 000 gives ~33x headroom over the current seed (~15 k gas) while
     ///      preventing unbounded growth from blocking recenter().
     ///
     ///      Note (EIP-150 / 63-64 rule): the outer getLiquidityParams() call must
diff --git a/onchain/test/FitnessEvaluator.t.sol b/onchain/test/FitnessEvaluator.t.sol
index 5b91eca..1b30c55 100644
--- a/onchain/test/FitnessEvaluator.t.sol
+++ b/onchain/test/FitnessEvaluator.t.sol
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ contract FitnessEvaluator is Test {
     ///      Creates selection pressure toward leaner programs while keeping gas as a
     ///      secondary criterion (ETH retention still dominates).
     ///      At 15 k gas (current seed): ~1.5e17 wei penalty.
-    ///      At 200 k gas (hard cap boundary): ~2e18 wei penalty.
+    ///      At 500 k gas (hard cap boundary): ~5e18 wei penalty.
     uint256 internal constant GAS_PENALTY_FACTOR = 1e13;
 
     // ─── Anvil test accounts (deterministic mnemonic) ────────────────────────