diff --git a/run_once_20-install-user-packages-gentoo.sh.tmpl b/run_once_20-install-user-packages-gentoo.sh.tmpl
index 4e580ee..dfc9bd3 100644
--- a/run_once_20-install-user-packages-gentoo.sh.tmpl
+++ b/run_once_20-install-user-packages-gentoo.sh.tmpl
@@ -116,10 +116,14 @@ else
     log "all user packages already installed; skipping emerge"
 fi
 
-# Step 5: GURU-only packages (lazygit, topgrade)
+# Step 5: GURU-only packages
+# Note: topgrade is NOT in any gentoo overlay (not main, not GURU).
+# It's installed via `cargo install topgrade --locked` (handled by
+# run_onchange_30-ensure-cargo.sh). The cargo binary is at
+# ~/.cargo/bin which we put on PATH at the top of this script.
+# lazygit IS in GURU but at dev-vcs/lazygit (not app-misc/lazygit).
 GURU_PKGS=(
-    app-misc/lazygit
-    app-misc/topgrade
+    dev-vcs/lazygit
 )
 
 GURU_MISSING=()