diff --git a/docs/libcurl/libcurl-errors.3 b/docs/libcurl/libcurl-errors.3
index 4a737dbe38fa910cb6ca5db904d4250dc4109e48..3e4b90a237075b1e20d8a655f2116743402b539a 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/libcurl-errors.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/libcurl-errors.3
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ what, using \fICURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER\fP is a good idea as it will give you a
 human readable error string that may offer more details about the error cause
 than just the error code does.
 
-This man page is meant to describe libcurl 7.9.6 and later. Earlier versions
-might have had quirks not mentioned here.
-
 CURLcode is one of the following:
 .RS 0
 .IP "CURLE_OK (0)"