diff --git a/.changeset/1993-milestone-ws-requirements-header.md b/.changeset/1993-milestone-ws-requirements-header.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa53bf197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/1993-milestone-ws-requirements-header.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+type: Fixed
+pr: 2015
+---
+**`milestone complete --ws` requirements archive header now points at the workstream REQUIREMENTS.md** — the archive header string hardcoded the root path (`` `…see .planning/REQUIREMENTS.md` ``), so a workstream archive directed readers at the wrong file even though #1917 had already fixed the archive *locations* to land inside the workstream. The display path is now derived from the same workstream-aware `reqPath` the writer uses (`path.relative(cwd, reqPath)`), so root behavior is byte-identical and the workstream case correctly reads `.planning/workstreams/<ws>/REQUIREMENTS.md`. (#1993)
diff --git a/src/milestone.cts b/src/milestone.cts
index 6b078e3ac..cafb7717a 100644
--- a/src/milestone.cts
+++ b/src/milestone.cts
@@ -284,7 +284,13 @@ function cmdMilestoneComplete(cwd: string, version: string, options: MilestoneCo
   // Archive REQUIREMENTS.md
   if (fs.existsSync(reqPath)) {
     const reqContent = fs.readFileSync(reqPath, 'utf-8');
-    const archiveHeader = `# Requirements Archive: ${version} ${milestoneName}\n\n**Archived:** ${today}\n**Status:** SHIPPED\n\nFor current requirements, see \`.planning/REQUIREMENTS.md\`.\n\n---\n\n`;
+    // Derive the display path from the same source the writer uses (reqPath), so a
+    // workstream archive header points at `.planning/workstreams/<ws>/REQUIREMENTS.md`
+    // instead of the hardcoded root path (#1993). Root case is byte-identical.
+    // Normalize to POSIX separators so the header is cross-platform (Windows
+    // path.relative yields backslashes; the original literal was forward-slash).
+    const reqDisplay = path.relative(cwd, reqPath).split(path.sep).join('/');
+    const archiveHeader = `# Requirements Archive: ${version} ${milestoneName}\n\n**Archived:** ${today}\n**Status:** SHIPPED\n\nFor current requirements, see \`${reqDisplay}\`.\n\n---\n\n`;
     platformWriteSync(path.join(archiveDir, `${version}-REQUIREMENTS.md`), archiveHeader + reqContent);
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/milestone.test.cjs b/tests/milestone.test.cjs
index d09a94dda..65c0d26b9 100644
--- a/tests/milestone.test.cjs
+++ b/tests/milestone.test.cjs
@@ -758,6 +758,36 @@ describe('#1911 — milestone complete --ws archives to the workstream', () => {
       'must not archive to root .planning/milestones/ in workstream mode',
     );
   });
+
+  test('#1993 — --ws requirements archive header points at the workstream REQUIREMENTS.md, not root', () => {
+    const wsBase = path.join(tmpDir, '.planning', 'workstreams', 'ws1');
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(wsBase, 'phases', '01-foo'), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(wsBase, 'STATE.md'), 'milestone: v2.0\nstatus: executing\n');
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(wsBase, 'ROADMAP.md'),
+      '# Roadmap\n## Milestones\n- v2.0 Test (Phases 1) — IN PROGRESS\n## Phases\n### Phase 1: Foo\n**Goal:** foo\n',
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(wsBase, 'REQUIREMENTS.md'), '# Requirements\n- [ ] REQ-01\n');
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(wsBase, 'phases', '01-foo', '01-SUMMARY.md'), '---\none-liner: foo done\n---\n# Summary\n');
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(tmpDir, '.planning', 'milestones'), { recursive: true });
+
+    const result = runGsdTools('milestone complete v2.0 --ws ws1 --force', tmpDir);
+    assert.ok(result.success, `Command failed: ${result.error}`);
+
+    const archivedReq = fs.readFileSync(
+      path.join(wsBase, 'milestones', 'v2.0-REQUIREMENTS.md'), 'utf-8',
+    );
+    // Header must point readers at the WORKSTREAM requirements file...
+    assert.ok(
+      archivedReq.includes('see `.planning/workstreams/ws1/REQUIREMENTS.md`'),
+      `workstream archive header must reference the workstream path; got:\n${archivedReq.split(/\r?\n/).slice(0, 6).join('\n')}`,
+    );
+    // ...and must NOT point at the root path (the #1993 bug).
+    assert.ok(
+      !/\bsee\s+`\.planning\/REQUIREMENTS\.md`\b/.test(archivedReq),
+      'workstream archive header must not hardcode the root REQUIREMENTS.md path',
+    );
+  });
 });
 
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