diff --git a/po/Makevars b/po/Makevars
index 3796adb7..67434a5f 100644
--- a/po/Makevars
+++ b/po/Makevars
@@ -11,13 +11,7 @@ top_builddir = ..
 XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=P_:1,2
 
 # This is the copyright holder that gets inserted into the header of the
-# $(DOMAIN).pot file.  Set this to the copyright holder of the surrounding
-# package.  (Note that the msgstr strings, extracted from the package's
-# sources, belong to the copyright holder of the package.)  Translators are
-# expected to transfer the copyright for their translations to this person
-# or entity, or to disclaim their copyright.  The empty string stands for
-# the public domain; in this case the translators are expected to disclaim
-# their copyright.
+# $(DOMAIN).pot file.  Translators are expected to disclaim their copyright.
 COPYRIGHT_HOLDER = Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This is the list of locale categories, beyond LC_MESSAGES, for which the