diff --git a/src/uix/morfo/components/accordion.ts b/src/uix/morfo/components/accordion.ts
index 5c27e4b76..53f4c1cd1 100644
--- a/src/uix/morfo/components/accordion.ts
+++ b/src/uix/morfo/components/accordion.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,13 @@ export const accordionMorfo = {
 		{
 			name: 'Item',
 			kebab: 'item',
-			archetype: 'item',
+			// NO archetype: the Item is a disclosure CONTAINER, not an interactive
+			// list/menu row. `archetype: 'item'` pulled the `archetypes.css`
+			// list-row styling — `padding-block: 6px` plus its own `:hover`
+			// background — which fought the Trigger's hover: the item's fill
+			// (full row) and the trigger's fill (shorter) stacked into an uneven,
+			// banded hover that did not read as full-row. The interactive part is
+			// the Trigger, which carries `archetype: 'trigger'` and its own hover.
 			kind: 'public',
 			defaultElement: 'div',
 			optional: false,