diff --git a/doc/man-pages/pod8/pt_util.pod b/doc/man-pages/pod8/pt_util.pod
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--- a/doc/man-pages/pod8/pt_util.pod
+++ b/doc/man-pages/pod8/pt_util.pod
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ not be used if you have and are using groups within groups.
 In all cases, entry timestamps and other information is also not
 preserved.
 
-The epoch and version are reported on standard error.  On little-endian
-machines, they'll be byte swapped, so may be very random.
-
 =head1 EXAMPLES
 
 The following example shows how to initialize the database from scratch.