diff --git a/docs/conventions.md b/docs/conventions.md
index 8240ae16..7060e205 100644
--- a/docs/conventions.md
+++ b/docs/conventions.md
@@ -245,16 +245,11 @@ the card out of the pending pane.
 
 `AgentRequest::GetAgentMeta { name }` returns identity + status for
 an agent. Self-introspection when `name = None` (replaces the older
-`Whoami` request); target query when `name = Some`. The
-manager-flavour mirror has the same shape.
+`Whoami` request); target query when `name = Some`.
 
-Response is `AgentMeta { name, role, running, hyperhive_rev,
+Response is `AgentMeta { name, running, hyperhive_rev,
 status_text, status_set_at, hive_name, swarm_name }`:
 
-- `role`: best-effort — `"manager"` for the manager agent,
-  `"agent"` for everyone else. Reflects the responding daemon's
-  view (the host-side flavour can't always introspect the target's
-  config).
 - `hyperhive_rev`: `None` only when the configured flake URL has
   no canonical path. Otherwise carries the rev the target is
   currently pinned at.