diff --git a/goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/SMA-10-two-idle-states.md b/goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/SMA-10-two-idle-states.md
index 4f8d701..519800e 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/SMA-10-two-idle-states.md
+++ b/goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/SMA-10-two-idle-states.md
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ exists has no driver to release and keeps today's path.
 for shadow mode is built from the roster in `app/handback.py` (EN and NL): a
 roster with no hand-back unit gets None and keeps its old literal, so a GoodWe
 site sees no changed byte. A hand-back unit's words (`Driver.words`: `back`,
-`back_nl`) come from its driver. MQTT `status` is unchanged; the Home battery
+`back_nl`) come from its driver; one without them gets "its own control" /
+"de eigen sturing" (the article as in the generic clause; PR #239 review
+comment 2495, not the brief). MQTT `status` is unchanged; the Home battery
 row of a handed-back unit says "Back under SMA control" and carries
 `handed_back`.
 
diff --git a/goodwe_controller/test_sma10_two_idle_states.py b/goodwe_controller/test_sma10_two_idle_states.py
index 4990941..d88d2f1 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/test_sma10_two_idle_states.py
+++ b/goodwe_controller/test_sma10_two_idle_states.py
@@ -614,6 +614,13 @@ check("a hand-back driver with no words gets a plain brand-free phrase",
       handback.stop_dialog((handback.unit_of(bare_inv),), "en") ==
       "The inverter goes back to its own control until you start control "
       "again.")
+# NL default "de eigen sturing" (PR #239 review comment 2495): same article as
+# the generic clause in handback._clause.
+check("NL: a hand-back driver with no words goes back to 'de eigen sturing'",
+      handback._BACK_NL == "de eigen sturing"
+      and handback.stop_dialog((handback.unit_of(bare_inv),), "nl") ==
+      "De omvormer gaat terug naar de eigen sturing tot u de regeling "
+      "opnieuw start.")
 long_roster = tuple(handback.Unit(f"inverter-{c}", i % 2 == 1, "SMA control",
                                   "de sturing van SMA")
                     for i, c in enumerate("abcdefg"))