diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips b/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips
index a5281e6cf18a..437ff8593d57 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/freebsd-tips
@@ -500,7 +500,3 @@ of the man(1) utility: ``man -t <topic>''.  For example:
 	man -t grep > grep.ps	# Save the PostScript version to a file
 or
 	man -t printf | lp	# Send the PostScript directly to printer
-%
-If you receive email from the grim reaper, you can silence him and
-keep your bit for another year with a token commit to a fortune(6)
-or calendar(1) data file.