diff --git a/man2/msgop.2 b/man2/msgop.2
index 8032a032f..029ef5c90 100644
--- a/man2/msgop.2
+++ b/man2/msgop.2
@@ -128,10 +128,6 @@ This check is necessary to prevent an unlimited number of zero-length
 messages being placed on the queue.
 Although such messages contain no data,
 they nevertheless consume (locked) kernel memory.
-This is equivalent to the traditional
-.B MSGTQL
-parameter present in many Unix systems. This behavior
-is unique to Linux.
 .PP
 If insufficient space is available in the queue, then the default
 behavior of