diff --git a/docs/swarm/README.md b/docs/swarm/README.md
index 2e89061b..3b6c913d 100644
--- a/docs/swarm/README.md
+++ b/docs/swarm/README.md
@@ -353,9 +353,8 @@ The env-var chain and `qualify()` / `qualified_label()` semantics:
 [`conventions.md`](../process/conventions.md) § Hive identity.
 
 Trust inside a swarm comes from the swarm root ([`ca.md`](ca.md)): every hive
-chains to it, so there is no per-hive CA field and no per-hive cert pinning.
-Trusting a hive whose root this swarm doesn't own — another swarm's — has no
-mechanism.
+chains to it. Trusting a hive whose root this swarm doesn't own — another
+swarm's — has no mechanism.
 
 ### What the directory feeds