diff --git a/driveAtlas.sh b/driveAtlas.sh
index 1d0f777..394bc9d 100644
--- a/driveAtlas.sh
+++ b/driveAtlas.sh
@@ -651,6 +651,11 @@ da_gauge() {
 # Occupied ports: solid light boxes, green LED bar + device. EMPTY ports:
 # dashed ghost boxes, dim. Alignment: every variable field is padded to its
 # final width BEFORE color codes wrap it; borders are literal strings.
+#
+# The art printfs embed our own ANSI colour vars (DA_*) and literal box-drawing
+# in the format string by design; they contain no '%' and no user data (device
+# names are passed as %s args), so SC2059 does not apply here.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2059
 generate_nuc_layout() {
     build_drive_map
   local host="${1:-unknown}"