diff --git a/man2/getgid.2 b/man2/getgid.2
index 9b8326f47..137d633a4 100644
--- a/man2/getgid.2
+++ b/man2/getgid.2
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ wrapper functions transparently deal with this.
 See
 .BR syscall (2)
 for details regarding register mapping.
-Other examples of such peculiarity are Alpha-specific
-.BR getxpid "(2) and " getxuid (2),
-as well as
-.BR pipe (2)
-on several architectures.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR getresgid (2),
 .BR setgid (2),
diff --git a/man2/getpid.2 b/man2/getpid.2
index c11cb625f..ed6e77264 100644
--- a/man2/getpid.2
+++ b/man2/getpid.2
@@ -150,11 +150,6 @@ wrapper functions transparently deal with this.
 See
 .BR syscall (2)
 for details regarding register mapping.
-Other examples of such peculiarity are Alpha-specific
-.BR getxuid "(2) and " getxgid (2),
-as well as
-.BR pipe (2)
-on several architectures.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR clone (2),
 .BR fork (2),
diff --git a/man2/getuid.2 b/man2/getuid.2
index 2d5190874..8e80090a2 100644
--- a/man2/getuid.2
+++ b/man2/getuid.2
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ wrapper functions transparently deal with this.
 See
 .BR syscall (2)
 for details regarding register mapping.
-Other examples of such peculiarity are Alpha-specific
-.BR getxpid "(2) and " getxgid (2),
-as well as
-.BR pipe (2)
-on several architectures.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR getresuid (2),
 .BR setreuid (2),
diff --git a/man2/pipe.2 b/man2/pipe.2
index 85d9173a7..d265a8d8e 100644
--- a/man2/pipe.2
+++ b/man2/pipe.2
@@ -208,12 +208,6 @@ wrapper function transparently deals with this.
 See
 .BR syscall (2)
 for information regarding registers used for storing second file descriptor.
-Other examples of such peculiarity are
-.BR getxpid (2),
-.BR getxuid (2),
-and
-.BR getxgid (2)
-on Alpha.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 .BR pipe ():
 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.