diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8aea858..9a733a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ current**. PNGs + a text summary are saved per run.
 THT-pad contact (V+, injected at the drill-wall ring) squeezes past a
 notch in the F.Cu pour, transfers through the stitching-via field into
 the B.Cu pour and leaves at the V− lug — per-via currents and the
-hottest via are reported.*
+hottest via are reported. The white equipotential lines share their
+levels across the layers, so their density reads as field strength:
+nearly the whole drop happens around the notch on F.Cu, only two lines
+fall across the B.Cu pour.*
 
 Uses the KiCad **IPC API** (`kicad-python` / `kipy`), not the deprecated
 SWIG API. Requires KiCad **10.0.1+**.
diff --git a/docs/img/demo-current.png b/docs/img/demo-current.png
index 8affd6d..96292f1 100644
Binary files a/docs/img/demo-current.png and b/docs/img/demo-current.png differ
diff --git a/tools/gen_readme_figs.py b/tools/gen_readme_figs.py
index 47ea44d..a5df308 100644
--- a/tools/gen_readme_figs.py
+++ b/tools/gen_readme_figs.py
@@ -104,12 +104,32 @@ def demo_problem() -> Problem:
     return p
 
 
+def _overlay_potential(fig, res, stack):
+    """Equipotential contours on the per-layer current-density axes,
+    on shared levels so line density reads as field strength."""
+    vmax = float(np.nanmax(res.V))
+    vmin = min(0.0, float(np.nanmin(res.V)))
+    levels = np.linspace(vmin, vmax, 17)[1:-1]
+    ext = stack.extent_mm()
+    ny, nx = stack.shape2d
+    xs = np.linspace(ext[0], ext[1], nx, endpoint=False)
+    xs += (xs[1] - xs[0]) / 2
+    ys = np.linspace(ext[3], ext[2], ny, endpoint=False)
+    ys += (ys[1] - ys[0]) / 2
+    for li, ax in enumerate(a for a in fig.axes if a.images):
+        with np.errstate(invalid="ignore"):
+            ax.contour(xs, ys, res.V[li], levels=levels, colors="white",
+                       linewidths=0.5, alpha=0.65)
+
+
 def gen_demo_maps():
     p = demo_problem()
     res, stack, e1, e2 = _solve(p, 0.05)
+    fig_j = plots.fig_current(res, stack, e1, e2, p)
+    _overlay_potential(fig_j, res, stack)
     figs = [
         (plots.fig_raster(stack, e1, e2, p, res), "demo-raster"),
-        (plots.fig_current(res, stack, e1, e2, p), "demo-current"),
+        (fig_j, "demo-current"),
     ]
     plots.save_and_show(figs, OUT, show=False)