diff --git a/packages/web/spec/program/context/name.mdx b/packages/web/spec/program/context/name.mdx
index 31fd7fb17..18295d94e 100644
--- a/packages/web/spec/program/context/name.mdx
+++ b/packages/web/spec/program/context/name.mdx
@@ -6,9 +6,20 @@ import SchemaViewer from "@site/src/components/SchemaViewer";
 
 # Named contexts
 
-Contexts may include a `name` property for distinguishing them from
-other contexts. This is particularly useful inside `pick` alternatives,
-where several possible contexts may apply at a given point in execution
-and runtime information is needed to select which one is active.
+A context may carry an optional `name`: an identifier attached to it.
+Today a `name` acts as a label. Its most common use is inside a
+[`pick`](/spec/program/context/pick), whose alternatives are listed
+inline — a name distinguishes those alternatives from one another when
+several contexts may apply at a given point in execution.
+
+Names are opaque strings; the format imposes no structure on them. A
+name is meant to be unique within a program so it can identify a context,
+but the format does **not** yet define any way to reference a context by
+its name — so a declared name is currently inert, a label only.
+
+Naming a context is groundwork: establishing the identifier now lets a
+future name-based `pick` selection reference an alternative by its name
+instead of listing it inline. Compilers **should** choose names that are
+meaningful to debugger users.
 
 <SchemaViewer schema={{ id: "schema:ethdebug/format/program/context/name" }} />
diff --git a/schemas/program/context/name.schema.yaml b/schemas/program/context/name.schema.yaml
index 759161059..bbac4c8b4 100644
--- a/schemas/program/context/name.schema.yaml
+++ b/schemas/program/context/name.schema.yaml
@@ -3,15 +3,23 @@ $id: "schema:ethdebug/format/program/context/name"
 
 title: ethdebug/format/program/context/name
 description: |
-  A label for distinguishing this context from other contexts.
-  This is particularly useful inside `pick` alternatives,
-  where several possible contexts may apply at a given point in
-  execution and runtime information is needed to select which one
-  is active.
+  An optional identifier attached to a context.
 
-  Context names are opaque strings with no format-imposed semantics.
-  Compilers **should** choose names that are meaningful to debugger
-  users.
+  Today a `name` acts as a label. It is most useful inside a
+  `pick`, whose alternatives are listed inline: a name distinguishes
+  those alternatives from one another when several contexts may apply
+  at a point in execution.
+
+  Names are opaque strings; the format imposes no structure on them.
+  A name is meant to be unique within a program so it can identify a
+  context, but the format does **not** yet define any way to
+  reference a context by its name — so a declared name is currently
+  inert, a label only.
+
+  It is groundwork: establishing the identifier now lets a future
+  name-based `pick` selection reference an alternative by its name
+  instead of listing it inline. Compilers **should** choose names
+  that are meaningful to debugger users.
 
 type: object
 properties:
@@ -21,7 +29,7 @@ required:
   - name
 
 examples:
-  # example: naming an inlined call site
-  - name: "inlined-call"
+  # example: distinguishing a `pick` alternative
+  - name: "storage-layout-v2"
   # example: naming a generic instantiation
   - name: "Array<T=bytes32>"