diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/rstFlatTable.py b/Documentation/sphinx/rstFlatTable.py
index 25feb0d35e7ab..2019a55f6b182 100755
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/rstFlatTable.py
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/rstFlatTable.py
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@
 # common globals
 # ==============================================================================
 
-# The version numbering follows numbering of the specification
-# (Documentation/books/kernel-doc-HOWTO).
 __version__  = '1.0'
 
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3