diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index 1fc2d061..a1298fe0 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -214,8 +214,6 @@ that is set does not contain
 .Qq UTF-8
 or
 .Qq UTF8 .
-This is equivalent to
-.Fl T Ar UTF-8 .
 .It Fl T Ar features
 Set terminal features for the client.
 This is a comma-separated list of features.