diff --git a/docs/4-implementation/agent-tools/subagent.md b/docs/4-implementation/agent-tools/subagent.md
index fc44daed2..d2f5915d6 100644
--- a/docs/4-implementation/agent-tools/subagent.md
+++ b/docs/4-implementation/agent-tools/subagent.md
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ terminal rows (`swarm_term`) also writes one value per subagent to the
 `subagent-status` KV bucket, under the key `<agent>.<subagent>`
 (`swarm_wire::subagent_status`; the bucket and the controller side are in
 [`controller.md`](../swarm/controller.md)). It publishes as the agent, with the
-same credential as the rows, and nothing is published without a queue address.
+same credential as the rows, and without a queue address it publishes nothing.
 
 - A run's start writes `running`, with the model and effort it started with. A
   goal run's gap between turns isn't an end, so the value stays `running`.