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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/misc.c4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 69a08a6b43aa..205ad4c58470 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -169,9 +169,7 @@ static const struct file_operations misc_fops = {
* the minor number requested is used.
*
* The structure passed is linked into the kernel and may not be
- * destroyed until it has been unregistered. By default, an open()
- * syscall to the device sets file->private_data to point to the
- * structure.
+ * destroyed until it has been unregistered.
*
* A zero is returned on success and a negative errno code for
* failure.