diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index a0727d7759..d8a64d4a99 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -271,13 +271,6 @@ $ git clone --bare -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git
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-* Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus:
-+
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-$ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \
-    /pub/scm/.../me/subsys-2.6.git
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-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite