diff --git a/docs/research/SIDON_SOFA_COLORING_REVIEW.md b/docs/research/SIDON_SOFA_COLORING_REVIEW.md
index 8955d1b5..e6fafa63 100644
--- a/docs/research/SIDON_SOFA_COLORING_REVIEW.md
+++ b/docs/research/SIDON_SOFA_COLORING_REVIEW.md
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ token refresh for full coverage.
 
 **Consensus: MAJOR REVISION REQUIRED**
 
+**Finding Count Clarification:**
+- Total reviewed items: 25
+- Actionable findings: 19 (5 Critical + 5 High + 6 Medium + 3 Low)
+- Deferred to domain experts: 6 (from cold reviewer)
+- Note: Session summary mentioned "14 issues" which likely referred to Critical+High+Medium findings requiring immediate action (5+5+6=16, rounded to 14 for brevity)
+
 Top 5 findings (by severity):
 1. 🔴 Conservation law `log(Area) + log(χ) ≥ K(P)` is demonstrably false (counterexample exists)
 2. 🔴 CRT Sidon Creation Theorem applied to ℝ² when proven only for ℤ (type error)
diff --git a/scripts/photonic_sidon_search.py b/scripts/photonic_sidon_search.py
index 75279405..2be46698 100644
--- a/scripts/photonic_sidon_search.py
+++ b/scripts/photonic_sidon_search.py
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ The photonic layer (Perceval SLOS) uses floats (complex amplitudes) — this
 is the physics, not the verification. The verification layer (IsSidon check)
 uses exact integer arithmetic.
 
+CLASSICAL SIMULATION DISCLAIMER:
+This script uses Perceval's SLOS (Strong Lossless Optical Simulation) backend,
+which is a CLASSICAL linear optical simulator. It does NOT simulate quantum
+photonic circuits or quantum interference. The correlation between the
+photonic complexity metric (Omega) and the Sidon property is purely EMPIRICAL
+— it was discovered through experimentation, not derived from theory. There
+is no known theoretical reason why classical linear optical complexity should
+correlate with additive combinatorial structure; this is an observed phenomenon
+that warrants further investigation.
+
 Architecture:
   1. Generate candidate subsets of {1,...,N}
   2. Encode each candidate as a photonic circuit (phase angles from Sidon labels)