diff --git a/usr.bin/mkstr/mkstr.1 b/usr.bin/mkstr/mkstr.1
index 0e1bf3907e6d..52627aabb392 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mkstr/mkstr.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mkstr/mkstr.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)mkstr.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 6, 1993
+.Dd November 1, 2002
 .Dt MKSTR 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -132,10 +132,5 @@ The
 .Nm
 utility was intended for the limited architecture of the PDP 11 family.
 Very few programs actually use it.
-The Pascal interpreter,
-.Xr \&pi 1
-and the editor,
-.Xr \&ex 1
-are two programs that are built this way.
 It is not an efficient method, the error messages
 should be stored in the program text.