diff --git a/R/class_crew.R b/R/class_crew.R
index 4c4db331..5d68772a 100644
--- a/R/class_crew.R
+++ b/R/class_crew.R
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ crew_class <- R6::R6Class(
       } else {
         self$controller$wait(
           mode = "one",
-          seconds_interval = 0.5,
           seconds_timeout = 0.5,
           scale = TRUE,
           throttle = TRUE
@@ -308,7 +307,6 @@ crew_summary <- function(controller) {
   summary <- controller$summary()
   data_frame(
     controller = summary$controller,
-    worker = summary$worker,
     seconds = summary$seconds,
     targets = summary$tasks
   )
@@ -318,7 +316,7 @@ database_crew <- function(path_store) {
   database_init(
     path = file.path(path_meta_dir(path_store), "crew"),
     subkey = file.path(basename(path_meta("")), "crew"),
-    header = c("controller", "worker", "seconds", "targets"),
+    header = c("controller", "seconds", "targets"),
     integer_columns = "targets",
     numeric_columns = "seconds"
   )
diff --git a/R/tar_crew.R b/R/tar_crew.R
index 9ab2162d..3a12c0ed 100644
--- a/R/tar_crew.R
+++ b/R/tar_crew.R
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 #'   where a `crew` controller was started, get summary-level information
 #'   of the workers.
 #' @inheritSection tar_meta Storage access
-#' @return A data frame one row per `crew` worker and the following columns:
+#' @return A data frame one row per `crew` controller
+#'   (potentially multiple rows if `tar_option_get("controller")`
+#'   is a controller group) and the following columns:
 #'   * `controller`: name of the `crew` controller.
-#'   * `launches`: number of times the worker was launched.
-#'   * `seconds`: number of seconds the worker spent running tasks.
-#'   * `targets`: number of targets the worker completed and delivered.
+#'   * `targets`: number of times the controller attempted to run a target.
+#'   * `seconds`: number of seconds the workers spent running tasks.
 #' @inheritParams tar_validate
 #' @examples
 #' if (identical(Sys.getenv("TAR_EXAMPLES"), "true")) { # for CRAN
diff --git a/man/tar_crew.Rd b/man/tar_crew.Rd
index c91b7b1d..e8986891 100644
--- a/man/tar_crew.Rd
+++ b/man/tar_crew.Rd
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ about how to set the data store path persistently
 for a project.}
 }
 \value{
-A data frame one row per \code{crew} worker and the following columns:
+A data frame one row per \code{crew} controller
+(potentially multiple rows if \code{tar_option_get("controller")}
+is a controller group) and the following columns:
 \itemize{
 \item \code{controller}: name of the \code{crew} controller.
-\item \code{launches}: number of times the worker was launched.
-\item \code{seconds}: number of seconds the worker spent running tasks.
-\item \code{targets}: number of targets the worker completed and delivered.
+\item \code{targets}: number of times the controller attempted to run a target.
+\item \code{seconds}: number of seconds the workers spent running tasks.
 }
 }
 \description{