diff --git a/components/tone_gen/include/tone_gen.h b/components/tone_gen/include/tone_gen.h
index eb81c2d..2e433b3 100644
--- a/components/tone_gen/include/tone_gen.h
+++ b/components/tone_gen/include/tone_gen.h
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* Fill `buf` with n_frames stereo frames (L == R) of a sine wave.
  * buf must hold n_frames*2 int16_t. *phase is the running mono sample index,
- * advanced by n_frames. amplitude is the peak amplitude in int16 units. */
+ * advanced by n_frames. amplitude is the peak amplitude (the output is clamped
+ * to the int16 range [-32768, 32767], so values above 32767 saturate). */
 void tone_gen_fill_stereo(int16_t *buf, int n_frames, uint32_t *phase,
                           float freq_hz, float amplitude, uint32_t sample_rate);
 
diff --git a/components/tone_gen/test_tone_gen.c b/components/tone_gen/test_tone_gen.c
index 0d06ac8..3cc4625 100644
--- a/components/tone_gen/test_tone_gen.c
+++ b/components/tone_gen/test_tone_gen.c
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ int main(void)
     int16_t got = buf2[4 * 2];
     assert(fabsf((float)got - expected) < 2.0f);
 
-    printf("tone_gen: 4/4 assertions OK\n");
+    /* 5. Saturation : une amplitude > 32767 ne doit jamais déborder l'int16. */
+    uint32_t ph3 = 0;
+    int16_t buf3[256 * 2];
+    tone_gen_fill_stereo(buf3, 256, &ph3, 440.0f, 40000.0f, 16000);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+        assert(buf3[i*2] <= 32767);
+        assert(buf3[i*2] >= -32768);
+        assert(buf3[i*2] == buf3[i*2+1]);
+    }
+
+    printf("tone_gen: 5/5 assertions OK\n");
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/components/tone_gen/tone_gen.c b/components/tone_gen/tone_gen.c
index 753357a..5e4be77 100644
--- a/components/tone_gen/tone_gen.c
+++ b/components/tone_gen/tone_gen.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ void tone_gen_fill_stereo(int16_t *buf, int n_frames, uint32_t *phase,
     for (int i = 0; i < n_frames; i++) {
         float s = amplitude * sinf(2.0f * (float)M_PI * freq_hz *
                                    (float)(*phase) / (float)sample_rate);
+        if (s > 32767.0f)  s = 32767.0f;
+        if (s < -32768.0f) s = -32768.0f;
         int16_t v = (int16_t)s;
         buf[i * 2]     = v;  /* L */
         buf[i * 2 + 1] = v;  /* R */