diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index bd1457e1e..d45a81d0e 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -273,9 +273,6 @@ A list of directories in which to search for
 ELF libraries at execution time.
 The items in the list are separated by either colons or semicolons,
 and there is no support for escaping either separator.
-Similar to the
-.B PATH
-environment variable.
 .IP
 This variable is ignored in secure-execution mode.
 .IP