diff --git a/docs/turn-loop/README.md b/docs/turn-loop/README.md
index c952841c..48c0f413 100644
--- a/docs/turn-loop/README.md
+++ b/docs/turn-loop/README.md
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ merge work.
 Plugin install failures are not fatal: each entry comes back as a
 human-readable failure string that gets routed via
 `Surface::send_to_parent` to the agent's topology parent (the
-broker resolves `<parent>` per `topology::parent_of`; root agents
-and the manager fall through to operator).
+broker resolves `<parent>` per `topology::resolve_recipient`; root
+agents and the manager fall through to operator).
 
 ### Turn outcomes