Upper panel: enlargement of the upper plot of Fig. 3 showing the rotation period of CoRoT-7 vs. the time as obtained from our model of the stellar angular momentum and tidal evolution introduced in Sect. 2.9. Middle panel: enlargement of the lower plot of Fig. 3, showing the orbital period of CoRoT-7b vs. the time. Lower panel: power dissipated inside CoRoT-7b vs. the time. The change in the slope of the curve showing the orbital period evolution occurs when P_rot = 2P_orb and corresponds to the limit beyond which inertial waves are no longer excited inside the star leading to a remarkable decrease of the tidal dissipation. The same condition corresponds to the resonant excitation of the radial oscillations and the intense dissipation inside the planet.