diff --git a/man3/malloc_trim.3 b/man3/malloc_trim.3
index 3c4cf5e8b..84e73fd70 100644
--- a/man3/malloc_trim.3
+++ b/man3/malloc_trim.3
@@ -80,15 +80,6 @@ T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 This function is a GNU extension.
 .SH NOTES
-This function is automatically called by
-.BR free (3)
-in certain circumstances; see the discussion of
-.B M_TOP_PAD
-and
-.B M_TRIM_THRESHOLD
-in
-.BR mallopt (3).
-.PP
 Only the main heap (using
 .BR sbrk (2))
 honors the