diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 0c7a62dc390a..891b18448038 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-12-03  Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>
+
+	* doc/xml/manual/utilities.xml: Remove outdated text.
+
 2011-12-02  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
 
 	* include/std/iomanip (put_money): Fix thinko, use __err local,
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/utilities.xml b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/utilities.xml
index a60bd34c6d48..41eed1ecb862 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/utilities.xml
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/utilities.xml
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
    <para>does what you think it does, <code>first</code> getting <code>x</code>
       and <code>second</code> getting <code>y</code>.
    </para>
-   <para>There is a copy constructor, but it requires that your compiler
-      handle member function templates:
+   <para>There is a constructor template for copying pairs of other types:
    </para>
    <programlisting>
     template &lt;class U, class V&gt; pair (const pair&lt;U,V&gt;&amp; p);