diff --git a/pkg/cli/events.go b/pkg/cli/events.go
index 71c18d162..a086935b9 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/events.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/events.go
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ func NewEvent(c CommandContext) *cobra.Command {
 
   # Get a single event by name
   acorn events 4b2ba097badf2031c4718609b9179fb5
-
-  # Getting Details 
-  # The 'details' field provides additional information about an event.
-  # By default, this field is elided from this command's output, but can be enabled via the '--details' flag.
-  # This flag must be used in conjunction with a non-table output format, like '-o=yaml'.
-  acorn events --details -o yaml
 `})
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -71,9 +65,8 @@ func (e *Events) Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	opts := &client.EventStreamOptions{
-		Tail:    e.Tail,
-		Follow:  e.Follow,
-		Details: e.Details,
+		Tail:   e.Tail,
+		Follow: e.Follow,
 	}
 
 	if len(args) > 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/client/client.go b/pkg/client/client.go
index 85da3964b..2c265d184 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client.go
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ type ContainerReplicaListOptions struct {
 type EventStreamOptions struct {
 	Tail            int    `json:"tail,omitempty"`
 	Follow          bool   `json:"follow,omitempty"`
-	Details         bool   `json:"details,omitempty"`
 	Prefix          string `json:"prefix,omitempty"`
 	ResourceVersion string `json:"resourceVersion,omitempty"`
 }
@@ -338,9 +337,9 @@ func (o EventStreamOptions) ListOptions() *kclient.ListOptions {
 	if o.Prefix != "" {
 		fieldSet["prefix"] = o.Prefix
 	}
-	if o.Details {
-		fieldSet["details"] = strconv.FormatBool(o.Details)
-	}
+
+	// Set details selector to get details from older runtime APIs that don't return details by default.
+	fieldSet["details"] = strconv.FormatBool(true)
 
 	return &kclient.ListOptions{
 		Limit:         int64(o.Tail),
diff --git a/pkg/server/registry/apigroups/acorn/events/strategy.go b/pkg/server/registry/apigroups/acorn/events/strategy.go
index 422198756..d448b50c8 100644
--- a/pkg/server/registry/apigroups/acorn/events/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/server/registry/apigroups/acorn/events/strategy.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/acorn-io/mink/pkg/strategy"
@@ -62,10 +61,6 @@ func (s *eventStrategy) List(ctx context.Context, namespace string, opts storage
 }
 
 type query struct {
-	// details determines if the details field is elided from query results.
-	// If true keep details, otherwise strip them.
-	details bool
-
 	// tail when > 0, determines the number of latest events to return.
 	tail int64
 
@@ -137,8 +132,8 @@ func (q query) filter(events ...apiv1.Event) []apiv1.Event {
 		tail = int(q.tail)
 	}
 
-	if q.details && q.prefix.all() {
-		// Query selects all remaining events and includes details
+	if q.prefix.all() {
+		// Query selects all remaining events
 		return events[len(events)-tail:]
 	}
 
@@ -149,10 +144,6 @@ func (q query) filter(events ...apiv1.Event) []apiv1.Event {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if !q.details {
-			event.Details = nil
-		}
-
 		results = append(results, event)
 	}
 
@@ -171,7 +162,9 @@ func stripQuery(opts storage.ListOptions) (q query, stripped storage.ListOptions
 		var err error
 		switch f {
 		case "details":
-			q.details, err = strconv.ParseBool(v)
+			// Detail elision is deprecated, so clients should always get details.
+			// We still strip it from the selector here in order to maintain limited backwards compatibility with old
+			// clients that still specify it.
 		case "prefix":
 			q.prefix = prefix(v)
 		default: