diff --git a/doc/tor-spec.txt b/doc/tor-spec.txt
index aa54549a02..66d7736879 100644
--- a/doc/tor-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/tor-spec.txt
@@ -845,7 +845,6 @@ descriptors, and a single "directory-signature" item.
 
     "directory-signature" nickname-of-dirserver NL Signature
 
-Note:  The router descriptor for the directory server MUST appear first.
 The signature is computed by computing the SHA-1 hash of the
 directory, from the characters "signed-directory", through the newline
 after "directory-signature".  This digest is then padded with PKCS.1,