diff --git a/doc/nethack.6 b/doc/nethack.6
index 7e0ddde02..c9a5bcbfb 100644
--- a/doc/nethack.6
+++ b/doc/nethack.6
@@ -242,9 +242,6 @@ You can specify either the male or female name for the character role, or
 the first three characters of the role as an abbreviation.
 .\" .B "\-p @"
 .\" has been retained to explicitly request that a random role be chosen.
-.\" It may need to be quoted with a backslash (\e@) if @
-.\" is the "kill" character (see "stty") for the terminal, in order
-.\" to prevent the current input line from being cleared.
 .PP
 Likewise,
 .B \-r