diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
index a2bee2ea24..1a0aec041e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
@@ -40,21 +40,6 @@ somewhere else with a regular filename).
 If --no-deref is given, <ref> itself is overwritten, rather than
 the result of following the symbolic pointers.
 
-In general, using
-
-	git update-ref HEAD "$head"
-
-should be a _lot_ safer than doing
-
-	echo "$head" > "$GIT_DIR/HEAD"
-
-both from a symlink following standpoint *and* an error checking
-standpoint.  The "refs/" rule for symlinks means that symlinks
-that point to "outside" the tree are safe: they'll be followed
-for reading but not for writing (so we'll never write through a
-ref symlink to some other tree, if you have copied a whole
-archive by creating a symlink tree).
-
 With `-d`, it deletes the named <ref> after verifying that it
 still contains <old-oid>.