diff --git a/docs/getting-started/setup.md b/docs/getting-started/setup.md
index 4b136d3f..42248604 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/setup.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/setup.md
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ ever authenticated to OpenBao, so treat the block above as derived rather than
 exercised — the grants come from `-output-policy`, not from a swarm that came
 up on them.
 
-⚠️ **The role it creates has nothing to present a certificate for yet.** Minting
-a leaf whose CN is `swarm-controller` is not wired up in any deployment shape;
-until it is, the role is provisioning waiting for a consumer.
+⚠️ **The role it creates has nothing to present a certificate for yet.** No
+deployment shape mints a leaf whose CN reads `swarm-controller`, so until one
+does, the role stays provisioning that waits for a consumer.
 
 **Delete the file once that has run.** The unit skips when it's absent, so a
 host that has finished bootstrapping stops carrying the credential — and the