diff --git a/node-graph/interpreted-executor/src/dynamic_executor.rs b/node-graph/interpreted-executor/src/dynamic_executor.rs
index 09200278a2..cdf04440de 100644
--- a/node-graph/interpreted-executor/src/dynamic_executor.rs
+++ b/node-graph/interpreted-executor/src/dynamic_executor.rs
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ mod test {
 				(NodeId(2), ProtoNode::value(ConstructionArgs::Value(value.into()), vec![])),
 				(NodeId(3), proto_node("graphic_nodes::graphic::WriteAttributeNode", vec![NodeId(0), NodeId(1), NodeId(2)])),
 				(NodeId(4), string_value(read_name)),
-				(NodeId(5), proto_node("graphic_nodes::graphic::ReadAttributeNode", vec![NodeId(3), NodeId(4)])),
+				(NodeId(5), proto_node("graphic_nodes::graphic::ReadNumberAttributeNode", vec![NodeId(3), NodeId(4)])),
 			],
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/node-graph/nodes/graphic/src/graphic.rs b/node-graph/nodes/graphic/src/graphic.rs
index 08a52d7d97..419a377272 100644
--- a/node-graph/nodes/graphic/src/graphic.rs
+++ b/node-graph/nodes/graphic/src/graphic.rs
@@ -387,12 +387,14 @@ pub fn write_attribute<'e, T, V: WireValue>(
 	Ok((content, Attr(parked)))
 }
 
-/// Reads the attribute `name` names off each lane. An absent attribute reads as
-/// the name's own default, so the value carries the declared type either way;
-/// the name is constant text the compiler folds into an offset when the graph
-/// compiles.
+/// Reads the `f64` attribute `name` names off each lane. An absent attribute
+/// reads as the name's own default, so the value is always a number; the name
+/// is constant text the compiler folds into an offset when the graph compiles.
+///
+/// A name written at another value type is a graph error rather than a
+/// conversion, so reading a number is never a coercion of one.
 #[node_macro::node(category("Attributes: Read"))]
-pub fn read_attribute<'e>(
+pub fn read_number_attribute<'e>(
 	_: impl Ctx,
 	/// The content whose lanes carry the attribute.
 	(content, value): (f64, Attr<'e, Named<Name0, f64>>),