diff --git a/usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.8 b/usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.8
index aa9b00e9c158..c4f60a371645 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/rwhod/rwhod.8
@@ -215,15 +215,6 @@ format described above.
 .Pp
 Status messages are generated approximately once every
 3 minutes.
-The
-.Nm
-utility performs an
-.Xr nlist 3
-on
-.Pa /boot/kernel/kernel
-every 30 minutes to guard against
-the possibility that this file is not the system
-image currently operating.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr ruptime 1 ,
 .Xr rwho 1