diff --git a/src/underworld3/discretisation/remesh.py b/src/underworld3/discretisation/remesh.py
index 51f27569..2cd4f046 100644
--- a/src/underworld3/discretisation/remesh.py
+++ b/src/underworld3/discretisation/remesh.py
@@ -235,11 +235,17 @@ def _write_var_data(var, values):
     try:
         np.asarray(var.data)[...] = values
     except Exception:
-        # Sanctioned swallow: a var whose storage is unallocated or size-0
-        # on this rank (lazy allocation / empty local partition) has nowhere
-        # to write. Skipping leaves the variable exactly as the snapshot
-        # pass found it — the same vars are skipped by _snapshot_var_data,
-        # so no transfer is silently half-applied.
+        # Sanctioned swallow (pre-existing breadth: this helper unified
+        # three identical broad try/except sites). The INTENDED skip is a
+        # var whose storage is unallocated or size-0 on this rank (lazy
+        # allocation / empty local partition) — nowhere to write, and the
+        # same vars are skipped by _snapshot_var_data, so no transfer is
+        # silently half-applied. The breadth, however, also swallows
+        # genuine write failures (e.g. shape/broadcast mismatches), which
+        # would silently skip a transfer/zeroing for a non-empty variable.
+        # TODO(DESIGN): narrow this once the exception types raised by the
+        # unallocated-storage `.data` paths are established (probe lazy
+        # alloc / empty partitions), or report skips instead of passing.
         pass
 
 
diff --git a/src/underworld3/function/functions_unit_system.py b/src/underworld3/function/functions_unit_system.py
index fa249914..d9289c6e 100644
--- a/src/underworld3/function/functions_unit_system.py
+++ b/src/underworld3/function/functions_unit_system.py
@@ -841,11 +841,14 @@ def evaluate(
     Returns
     -------
     UWQuantity, UnitAwareArray, or numpy.ndarray
-        If non-dimensional scaling is active, a plain ndarray. If the
-        expression carries units, a ``UWQuantity`` (scalar) or
-        ``UnitAwareArray``. Otherwise a plain ndarray. With
-        ``check_extrapolated=True``, a ``(values, extrapolated_mask)``
-        pair.
+        Unit-aware whenever the expression carries units, regardless of
+        whether non-dimensional scaling is active (gateway principle:
+        the user always sees dimensional values when units are known):
+        a ``UWQuantity`` for scalar results, a ``UnitAwareArray``
+        otherwise, re-dimensionalised via the active scaling when one
+        applies. A plain ndarray when the expression carries no units.
+        With ``check_extrapolated=True``, a
+        ``(values, extrapolated_mask)`` pair.
 
     Examples
     --------