diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
index f50384a62..2d11d81d1 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
@@ -1310,7 +1310,6 @@
 %% TEXT STYLING
 %
 % Some custom font markup commands.
-% *** the macros without \sphinx prefix are still defined farther down ***
 \protected\def\sphinxstrong#1{{\textbf{#1}}}
 % to obtain straight quotes we execute \@noligs as patched by upquote, and
 % \scantokens is needed in cases where it would be too late for the macro to