diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index 6aba515f..44e69f6e 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -2535,10 +2535,6 @@ Examples are:
 #[fg=yellow,bold]#(apm -l)%%#[default] [#S]
 .Ed
 .Pp
-Where appropriate, special character sequences may be prefixed with a number to
-specify the maximum length, for example
-.Ql #24T .
-.Pp
 By default, UTF-8 in
 .Ar string
 is not interpreted, to enable UTF-8, use the