diff --git a/man5/filesystems.5 b/man5/filesystems.5
index d46e624cc..bd17be88d 100644
--- a/man5/filesystems.5
+++ b/man5/filesystems.5
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ as well as removable media.
 The second extended filesystem was designed as an extension of the
 extended filesystem
 .RB ( ext ).
-.B ext2
-offers the best performance (in terms of speed and CPU usage) of
-the filesystems supported under Linux.
 .RB See " ext2 " (5).
 .TP
 .B ext3