diff --git a/src/sqlite.c b/src/sqlite.c
index d6cb38a29a..095ce73030 100644
--- a/src/sqlite.c
+++ b/src/sqlite.c
@@ -528,9 +528,6 @@ DEFUN ("sqlite-select", Fsqlite_select, Ssqlite_select, 2, 4, 0,
 If VALUES is non-nil, it should be a list or a vector specifying the
 values that will be interpolated into a parameterized statement.
 
-By default, the return value is a list where the first element is a
-list of column names, and the rest of the elements are the matching data.
-
 RETURN-TYPE can be either nil (which means that the matching data
 should be returned as a list of rows), or `full' (the same, but the
 first element in the return list will be the column names), or `set',