diff --git a/src/libstd/io/prelude.rs b/src/libstd/io/prelude.rs
index 880770eb41485..db5c1da8a4227 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/prelude.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/prelude.rs
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 //! # #![allow(unused_imports)]
 //! use std::io::prelude::*;
 //! ```
-//!
-//! This module contains reexports of many core I/O traits such as `Read`,
-//! `Write` and `BufRead`. Structures and functions are not
-//! contained in this module.
 
 #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]