diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52cb26e..8355d99 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Strengths
 ---------
 
  * Space-efficient hash table and matching algorithms - can use as little as 1 GB hash table per 10 TB unique data (0.1GB/TB)
- * Incremental realtime dedupe of new data using btrfs tree search
+ * Daemon incrementally dedupes new data using btrfs tree search
  * Works with btrfs compression - dedupe any combination of compressed and uncompressed files
  * **NEW** [Works around `btrfs send` problems with dedupe and incremental parent shapshots](docs/options.md)
  * Works around btrfs filesystem structure to free more disk space
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Weaknesses
 ----------
 
  * Whole-filesystem dedupe - has no include/exclude filters, does not accept file lists
- * Runs continuously as a daemon - no quick start/stop
  * Requires root privilege (or `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`)
  * First run may require temporary disk space for extent reorganization
  * [First run may increase metadata space usage if many snapshots exist](docs/gotchas.md)
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 6a79cd5..5de001e 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Strengths
 ---------
 
  * Space-efficient hash table and matching algorithms - can use as little as 1 GB hash table per 10 TB unique data (0.1GB/TB)
- * Incremental realtime dedupe of new data using btrfs tree search
+ * Daemon incrementally dedupes new data using btrfs tree search
  * Works with btrfs compression - dedupe any combination of compressed and uncompressed files
  * **NEW** [Works around `btrfs send` problems with dedupe and incremental parent shapshots](options.md)
  * Works around btrfs filesystem structure to free more disk space
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Weaknesses
 ----------
 
  * Whole-filesystem dedupe - has no include/exclude filters, does not accept file lists
- * Runs continuously as a daemon - no quick start/stop
  * Requires root privilege (or `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`)
  * First run may require temporary disk space for extent reorganization
  * [First run may increase metadata space usage if many snapshots exist](gotchas.md)
diff --git a/docs/missing.md b/docs/missing.md
index e17dacc..ff48996 100644
--- a/docs/missing.md
+++ b/docs/missing.md
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ some tunables hardcoded in the source that could eventually become
 configuration options.  There's also an incomplete option parser
 (patches welcome!).
 
-* There's no way to *stop* the bees daemon.  Use SIGKILL, SIGTERM, or
-Ctrl-C for now.  Some of the destructors are unreachable and have never
-been tested.  bees checkpoints its progress every 15 minutes (also not
-configurable, patches welcome) and will repeat some work when restarted.
-
 * The bees process doesn't fork and writes its log to stdout/stderr.
 A shell wrapper is required to make it behave more like a daemon.