diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index e82215ea4..7ac90a912 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -79,3 +79,6 @@ services.5
     mtk, after a note from Pavel Heimlich
 	Remove SEE ALSO references to nonexistent Guides to Yellow Pages
 	and Bind/Hesiod docs.
+    mtk
+        Crufty remove text about use of comma instead of slash to separate 
+	port and protocol.
diff --git a/man5/services.5 b/man5/services.5
index b7ac9e692..aea1a9545 100644
--- a/man5/services.5
+++ b/man5/services.5
@@ -150,14 +150,16 @@ and
 .BR getservbyport (3).
 However, this behavior should not be relied on.)
 
-As a backwards compatibility feature, the slash (/) between the
-.I port
-number and
-.I protocol
-name can in fact be either a slash or a comma (,).
-Use of the comma in
-modern installations is deprecated.
-
+.\" The following is not true as at glibc 2.8 (a line with a comma is
+.\" ignored by getservent()); it's not clear if/when it was ever true.
+.\"   As a backwards compatibility feature, the slash (/) between the
+.\"   .I port
+.\"   number and
+.\"   .I protocol
+.\"   name can in fact be either a slash or a comma (,).
+.\"   Use of the comma in
+.\"   modern installations is deprecated.
+.\"   
 This file might be distributed over a network using a network-wide
 naming service like Yellow Pages/NIS or BIND/Hesiod.