diff --git a/src/make.tcl b/src/make.tcl
index c42a4fa0..be5acac8 100644
--- a/src/make.tcl
+++ b/src/make.tcl
@@ -3684,11 +3684,11 @@ if {[info exists ::env(PUNKBOOT_PLAIN)] && [string is true -strict $::env(PUNKBO
         puts stderr "make.tcl: punk::args subcommand definitions failed to load ($_defserr) - falling back to plain argument handling"
     }
 }
-#error/usage rendering style: tabled (enhanced) when the rendering stack is healthy,
+#error/usage rendering style: tabled (standard) when the rendering stack is healthy,
 #minimal plain text otherwise - rendering degrades independently of parsing.
 set ::punkboot::errstyle minimal
 if {$::punkboot::punkargs_ok && [package provide punk::ansi] ne "" && [package provide textblock] ne ""} {
-    set ::punkboot::errstyle enhanced
+    set ::punkboot::errstyle standard
 }
 
 set do_help 0