diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76a1ef3..b6610e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,13 +71,17 @@ prevent abuse, and allowlisted source hosts for open access.
 ### Storage
 
 - **Source content**:
-  `<statedir>/cache/src-content/<ab>/<cd>/<sha256 of source content>`
+  `<state_dir>/cache/sources/<ab>/<cd>/<sha256 of source content>`
 - **Source metadata**:
-  `<statedir>/cache/src-metadata/<hostname>/<sha256 of path>.json`
-  (fetch time, original headers, request, content hash)
-- **Database**: `<statedir>/state.sqlite3` (SQLite)
-- **Output documents**:
-  `<statedir>/cache/dst-content/<ab>/<cd>/<sha256 of output content>`
+  `<state_dir>/cache/metadata/<hostname>/<sha256 of path and query>.json`
+  (host, path and query, content hash, upstream status and headers, fetch time)
+- **Database**: `<state_dir>/state.sqlite3` (SQLite)
+- **Transformed images**:
+  `<state_dir>/cache/variants/<ab>/<cd>/<sha256 of host, path, query, size, format, quality and fit>`,
+  each with a `.meta` file beside it holding its content type
+
+`<ab>` and `<cd>` are the first and second pairs of characters of the file's
+name.
 
 Multiple source paths may reference the same content blob; the
 database tracks references rather than using filesystem refcounting.
@@ -92,12 +96,15 @@ the metadata file stored beside it.
 /v1/image/<host>/<path>/<size>.<format>?sig=<signature>&exp=<expiration>
 ```
 
-Images are only fetched from origins using TLS with valid certificates.
+Images are only fetched from origins using TLS with valid certificates, unless
+`allow_http` is set: then pixa fetches every image over plain HTTP, which is for
+testing only.
 
 A request whose query string cannot be decoded, or gives any parameter more
 than once, is refused with 400.
 
-- `<format>`: one of `orig`, `png`, `jpeg`, `webp`
+- `<format>`: one of `orig` (or `original`), `jpeg` (or `jpg`), `png`, `webp`,
+  `avif`, `gif`
 - `<size>`: `orig` or `<width>x<height>` (e.g. `800x600`)
 
 An image is served with `Cache-Control: public, max-age=<seconds>, immutable`.
@@ -173,7 +180,8 @@ Where:
 - `query` — source query string, empty string if none
 - `width` — requested width in pixels, `0` for original
 - `height` — requested height in pixels, `0` for original
-- `format` — output format (jpeg, png, webp, avif, gif, orig)
+- `format` — output format, one of those listed under Routes, with `original`
+  signed as `orig` and `jpg` as `jpeg`
 - `expiration` — the URL's `exp` query parameter, the Unix timestamp when
   the signature expires; a request whose `exp` is not a whole number, an
   empty `exp=` included, is refused with 400
@@ -330,7 +338,10 @@ See `config.example.yml` for all options with defaults.
 - **Image processing**: govips (CGO wrapper for libvips)
 - **Database**: SQLite via modernc.org/sqlite
 - **Static assets**: embedded via `//go:embed`
-- **Metrics**: Prometheus
+- **Metrics**: Prometheus, at `/metrics`: generic HTTP request metrics
+  (duration, response size, requests in flight) and the Go runtime and process
+  metrics; requests are measured and `/metrics` is served only when
+  `metrics.username` and `metrics.password` are set
 - **Logging**: stdlib slog
 
 ## Entrypoints
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index ed8431c..c70f11b 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ P2: security: referer blacklist
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-04 `README.md` matches the code (closes #74): "Storage" names the
+  cache directories pixa uses (`cache/sources`, `cache/metadata`,
+  `cache/variants`) and how files are named in each, and the comments in
+  `001_schema.sql` name the same paths; the routes and the signature section
+  list the same output formats, `jpg` and `original` included; the TLS
+  sentence names `allow_http` as its exception; "Metrics" says only generic
+  HTTP and Go runtime metrics exist, measured and served only when the metrics
+  username and password are set.
 - 2026-10-03 shutdown sets the exit code and waits for image processing
   (closes #86): fx alone handles SIGINT and SIGTERM, and the server's own
   signal handler is gone; fx's `Run` in `cmd/pixad` exits with the shutdown's
diff --git a/internal/db/migrations/001_schema.sql b/internal/db/migrations/001_schema.sql
index c4ca863..41a0e02 100644
--- a/internal/db/migrations/001_schema.sql
+++ b/internal/db/migrations/001_schema.sql
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- Creates all tables for the pixa caching image proxy
 
 -- Source content blobs
--- Files stored at: cache/src-content/<ab>/<cd>/<sha256>
+-- Files stored at: cache/sources/<ab>/<cd>/<sha256>
 -- last_accessed_at is NULL until the first LRU touch; eviction falls
 -- back to fetched_at for rows that have never been touched.
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS source_content (
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_source_content_last_accessed
     ON source_content(last_accessed_at);
 
 -- Source URL metadata - maps URLs to content hashes
--- JSON stored at: cache/src-metadata/<hostname>/<path_hash>.json
+-- JSON stored at: cache/metadata/<hostname>/<path_hash>.json
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS source_metadata (
     id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
     source_host TEXT NOT NULL,
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_variant_content_last_accessed
     ON variant_content(last_accessed_at);
 
 -- Output/transformed content blobs
--- Files stored at: cache/dst-content/<ab>/<cd>/<sha256>
+-- Not written: transformed images are stored in cache/variants and
+-- tracked in variant_content above.
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS output_content (
     content_hash TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
     content_type TEXT NOT NULL,