diff --git a/include/boost/openmethod/core.hpp b/include/boost/openmethod/core.hpp
index 27f4552e..fa551ff3 100644
--- a/include/boost/openmethod/core.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/openmethod/core.hpp
@@ -1003,12 +1003,19 @@ struct is_virtual_ptr_aux<const virtual_ptr<Class, Registry, void>&> :
 template<typename T>
 constexpr bool is_virtual_ptr = detail::is_virtual_ptr_aux<T>::value;
 
+// Whether `boost_openmethod_vptr`, the customization point found by ADL, yields
+// a v-table pointer for `Class` in `Registry`. The class provides it, as
+// `inplace_vptr_base` does; the catch-all `boost_openmethod_vptr(...)` makes
+// the question safe to ask of any class.
 template<class Class, class Registry>
-constexpr bool has_vptr_fn = std::is_same_v<
+constexpr bool has_adl_vptr = std::is_same_v<
     decltype(boost_openmethod_vptr(
         std::declval<const Class&>(), std::declval<Registry*>())),
     vptr_type>;
 
+// `has_vptr<Traits, Arg>`: whether `Traits::vptr(arg)` exists. That is how a
+// `virtual_traits` specialization yields a v-table pointer, for a type that
+// cannot carry an ADL overload of its own, such as `std::any`.
 BOOST_OPENMETHOD_DETAIL_HAS_STATIC_FN(vptr);
 
 template<class Registry, class ArgType>
@@ -1018,7 +1025,7 @@ decltype(auto) acquire_vptr(const ArgType& arg) {
     // to the v-table pointer. The hook also returns the vptr by value,
     // which indirect registries cannot store (see box_vptr).
     static_assert(
-        !has_vptr_fn<ArgType, Registry>,
+        !has_adl_vptr<ArgType, Registry>,
         "do not wrap an object that has a boost_openmethod_vptr overload "
         "in a virtual_ptr; call methods directly on the object");
 
@@ -2326,7 +2333,7 @@ struct parameter_traits<const virtual_ptr<Class, Registry, void>&, Registry> :
 // indentation, and because each route is worth naming.
 template<typename T, class Registry>
 constexpr bool has_vptr_source =
-    has_vptr_fn<virtual_type<T, Registry>, Registry> ||
+    has_adl_vptr<virtual_type<T, Registry>, Registry> ||
     has_vptr<
         virtual_traits<T, Registry>,
         decltype(virtual_traits<T, Registry>::peek(std::declval<T>()))> ||
@@ -2946,7 +2953,7 @@ BOOST_FORCEINLINE auto method<Id, ReturnType(Parameters...), Registry>::vptr(
     } else {
         decltype(auto) obj = virtual_traits<MethodArg, Registry>::peek(arg);
 
-        if constexpr (detail::has_vptr_fn<decltype(obj), Registry>) {
+        if constexpr (detail::has_adl_vptr<decltype(obj), Registry>) {
             return boost_openmethod_vptr(obj, static_cast<Registry*>(nullptr));
         } else if constexpr (
             detail::has_vptr<
diff --git a/test/test_core.cpp b/test/test_core.cpp
index 0a639bb4..136833fd 100644
--- a/test/test_core.cpp
+++ b/test/test_core.cpp
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ struct Animal {
     friend auto boost_openmethod_vptr(const Animal&, void*) -> vptr_type;
 };
 
-static_assert(detail::has_vptr_fn<Animal, default_registry>);
+static_assert(detail::has_adl_vptr<Animal, default_registry>);
 
 } // namespace TEST_NS
 
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ struct Animal {
         -> vptr_type;
 };
 
-static_assert(detail::has_vptr_fn<Animal, test_registry>);
-static_assert(!detail::has_vptr_fn<Animal, default_registry>);
+static_assert(detail::has_adl_vptr<Animal, test_registry>);
+static_assert(!detail::has_adl_vptr<Animal, default_registry>);
 
 // The hook serves dispatch (method::vptr), not virtual_ptr: acquire_vptr
 // rejects classes with a boost_openmethod_vptr overload at compile time -
diff --git a/test/test_dispatch_type_erasure.cpp b/test/test_dispatch_type_erasure.cpp
index 7da956d8..da44b1ee 100644
--- a/test/test_dispatch_type_erasure.cpp
+++ b/test/test_dispatch_type_erasure.cpp
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ using dispatchable_ref = te::any<Dispatchable, te::_self&>;
 
 // the intrinsic hook is found for every any, so dispatch prefers it
 // over the vptr policy's hash lookup
-static_assert(detail::has_vptr_fn<dispatchable, default_registry>);
-static_assert(detail::has_vptr_fn<dispatchable_ref, default_registry>);
+static_assert(detail::has_adl_vptr<dispatchable, default_registry>);
+static_assert(detail::has_adl_vptr<dispatchable_ref, default_registry>);
 
 // `Dog` is registered both by the `name` overrider below and by binding
 // (class dedup)
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ using dispatchable = te::any<Dispatchable>;
 // The hook is keyed on the registry the concept names: it is found for
 // `indirect_registry`, and for no other - a mismatch would fall back on the
 // vptr policy's hash lookup, silently losing the constant-time property.
-static_assert(detail::has_vptr_fn<dispatchable, indirect_registry>);
-static_assert(!detail::has_vptr_fn<dispatchable, default_registry>);
+static_assert(detail::has_adl_vptr<dispatchable, indirect_registry>);
+static_assert(!detail::has_adl_vptr<dispatchable, default_registry>);
 
 using name_method = method<
     struct name_id, std::string(virtual_<const dispatchable&>),