diff --git a/doc/dir-spec.txt b/doc/dir-spec.txt
index a57d82d32b..dbf74d22d0 100644
--- a/doc/dir-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/dir-spec.txt
@@ -765,8 +765,6 @@ $Id$
    SHOULD NOT ever use a router in response to a user request for a router
    called "Unnamed".
 
-   [Should the above become MUST NOTs? -RD]
-
 6.2. Software versions
 
    An implementation of Tor SHOULD warn when it has fetched (or has