diff --git a/jerror.c b/jerror.c
index 3a75fec0..2133244f 100644
--- a/jerror.c
+++ b/jerror.c
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
  * Create the message string table.
  * We do this from the master message list in jerror.h by re-reading
  * jerror.h with a suitable definition for macro JMESSAGE.
- * The message table is made an external symbol just in case any applications
- * want to refer to it directly.
  */
 
 #define JMESSAGE(code, string)  string,