diff --git a/man3/strstr.3 b/man3/strstr.3
index 41ee87489..0e770e47a 100644
--- a/man3/strstr.3
+++ b/man3/strstr.3
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ but ignores the case of both arguments.
 These functions return a pointer to the beginning of the
 located substring, or NULL if the substring is not found.
 .PP
-Note the special case:
 If
 .I needle
 is the empty string,