diff --git a/doc/tor.1.in b/doc/tor.1.in
index 3e6dd8fd6e..0c701974b0 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.in
+++ b/doc/tor.1.in
@@ -420,9 +420,6 @@ If this signal exists on your platform, Tor catches and ignores it.
 .I @CONFDIR@/torrc
 The configuration file, which contains "option value" pairs.
 .TP
-.I @CONFDIR@/dirservers
-A list of directory servers, to bootstrap into the network.
-.TP
 .I @LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/tor/
 The tor process stores keys and other data here.