diff --git a/ui/src/components/BridgeView.jsx b/ui/src/components/BridgeView.jsx
index 14f0820..3a71a83 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/BridgeView.jsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/BridgeView.jsx
@@ -148,7 +148,15 @@ export function buildSteps(rows, {
     })
     const gap = loads.value - basisT.value
     out.push({
-      key: 'loads-vs-basis', label: `Loads vs ${basis}`, kind: 'step',
+      // "Loads" is our word for a segment import and means nothing to anyone
+      // reading a waterfall. This step is simply where the forecast began
+      // relative to the comparison.
+      //
+      // tagged, though it has no tag: the flag drives an "· untagged" suffix
+      // meant for adjustments nobody grouped into an initiative, and this is
+      // not an adjustment at all.
+      key: 'loads-vs-basis', label: `Starting point vs ${basis}`, kind: 'step',
+      tagged: true,
       delta: gap, start: basisT.value, end: loads.value,
       units: loads.units - basisT.units, rows: loads.rows, entries: 1,
     })