diff --git a/man3/queue.3 b/man3/queue.3
index ff1f42f3a..260a5b8a5 100644
--- a/man3/queue.3
+++ b/man3/queue.3
@@ -1219,18 +1219,6 @@ while (n1 != NULL) {
 }
 
 TAILQ_INIT(&head);
-n2 = malloc(sizeof(struct entry));  /* Insert before. */
-CIRCLEQ_INSERT_BEFORE(&head, n1, n2, entries);
-                                    /* Forward traversal. */
-for (np = head.cqh_first; np != (void *)&head;
-        np = np\->entries.cqe_next)
-    np\-> ...
-                                    /* Reverse traversal. */
-for (np = head.cqh_last; np != (void *)&head; np = np\->entries.cqe_prev)
-    np\-> ...
-                                    /* Delete. */
-while (head.cqh_first != (void *)&head)
-    CIRCLEQ_REMOVE(&head, head.cqh_first, entries);
 .Ed
 .Sh CONFORMING TO
 Not in POSIX.1, POSIX.1-2001 or POSIX.1-2008.