diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 0577e92..aa81b97 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ and hard-fails on the first problem:
 
 ### 4.11 Wiki
 Update the GitHub wiki **before opening the PR** (not deferred to publish time).
-Clone `https://github.com/l1a/etr.wiki.git`, edit the relevant pages, and push:
+Fast-forward an existing clone first (`git pull --ff-only`), or clone freshly
+(`git clone https://github.com/l1a/etr.wiki.git`), edit the relevant pages, and push:
 - [ ] **Home.md** — if the one-line project description or quick-start changed.
 - [ ] **Getting-Started.md** — if prerequisites, install steps, or connection syntax changed.
 - [ ] **How-It-Works.md** — if the connection lifecycle, reconnect logic, stream layout,
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ffbe176..4f24d17 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "etr"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.3"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "clap_complete",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ded6400..2ae8363 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "etr"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.3"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "A Rust implementation of Eternal Terminal (et)"
 license = "GPL-3.0-only"
diff --git a/NOTES.md b/NOTES.md
index 17f21d0..8306ead 100644
--- a/NOTES.md
+++ b/NOTES.md
@@ -9,8 +9,15 @@ the link drops.  This project uses **QUIC** (via the `quinn` crate) for the tran
 layer, which provides reliable, ordered, multiplexed streams with congestion control
 and TLS 1.3 built-in.
 
-## Current state: v0.8.2 — man page documentation for --reconnect-timeout
-## Current State (v0.8.2)
+## Current state: v0.8.3 — AGENTS.md §4.11 wiki clone fast-forward requirement
+## Current State (v0.8.3)
+
+Documentation & release hygiene (145 tests, unchanged).
+
+- **`AGENTS.md` §4.11 updated with explicit wiki fast-forward instruction.**
+  Clarified that contributors/agents must fast-forward an existing local clone (`git pull --ff-only`) before making changes, preventing stale local clones from inadvertently reverting upstream wiki updates.
+
+## Previous: v0.8.2 — man page documentation for --reconnect-timeout
 
 Documentation fix (145 tests, unchanged).