diff --git a/docs/swarm/README.md b/docs/swarm/README.md
index 32a75a43..0c87c059 100644
--- a/docs/swarm/README.md
+++ b/docs/swarm/README.md
@@ -365,8 +365,6 @@ mechanism.
   every host holds the directory, so a value written only there leaves every
   peer pointing somewhere else. Move it into the hive's directory entry, or
   drop it if it's the conventional `<hiveName>.<swarm.domain>`.
-- Setting `swarm.hives.<name>.certFingerprint` fails eval: that field
-  doesn't exist. Trust comes from the swarm root instead.
 
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