diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/manager_server.rs b/hive-c0re/src/manager_server.rs
index d2f85f89..18d84a74 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/manager_server.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/manager_server.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn start(coord: Arc<Coordinator>) -> Result<()> {
     }
     let listener = UnixListener::bind(&socket)
         .with_context(|| format!("bind manager socket {}", socket.display()))?;
-    // 0666 so the in-container hm1nd user (non-root) can connect;
+    // 0666 so the in-container root user (non-root) can connect;
     // the bind source dir is manager-only on host. See agent_server.rs.
     use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt as _;
     std::fs::set_permissions(&socket, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o666))
@@ -404,11 +404,9 @@ async fn dispatch(req: &ManagerRequest, coord: &Arc<Coordinator>) -> ManagerResp
             let n = lines.unwrap_or(50);
             // `journalctl -M` wants the *machine* name, not the
             // logical agent name: `gui` → `h-gui`. `container_name`
-            // does that and passes `hm1nd` through unprefixed — but
-            // it doesn't know the broker-logical manager name
-            // `"manager"` (it'd wrongly produce `h-manager`), so
-            // handle that alias explicitly. Either manager spelling
-            // resolves to the unprefixed `hm1nd` machine.
+            // does that and passes the manager name through unprefixed.
+            // The explicit check here keeps parity with the MANAGER_AGENT
+            // constant so the two never diverge.
             let machine = if agent == MANAGER_AGENT {
                 crate::lifecycle::MANAGER_NAME.to_owned()
             } else {
@@ -541,7 +539,7 @@ async fn dispatch(req: &ManagerRequest, coord: &Arc<Coordinator>) -> ManagerResp
             let (status_text, status_set_at, running) =
                 crate::container_view::read_agent_status_live(target).await;
             let role = if target == MANAGER_AGENT {
-                "manager"
+                "root"
             } else {
                 "agent"
             }