diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX b/Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX
index 1286f455992f195f2a0ae1511614d9617dbe22b3..8cf5d493fd03de5d664b332d76eebd619d720218 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ README
 	- general information about /proc/sys/ sysctl files.
 abi.txt
 	- documentation for /proc/sys/abi/*.
-ctl_unnumbered.txt
-	- explanation of why one should not add new binary sysctl numbers.
 fs.txt
 	- documentation for /proc/sys/fs/*.
 kernel.txt
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index a05605a4c369f39432a5a2979d7d7d0d80b63697..bc86bb32e12620c463699c9e461c836ce37733c1 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -246,10 +246,6 @@ static struct ctl_table root_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0555,
 		.child		= dev_table,
 	},
-/*
- * NOTE: do not add new entries to this table unless you have read
- * Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt
- */
 	{ }
 };
 
@@ -972,10 +968,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 #endif
-/*
- * NOTE: do not add new entries to this table unless you have read
- * Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt
- */
 	{ }
 };
 
@@ -1336,11 +1328,6 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.extra2		= &one,
 	},
 #endif
-
-/*
- * NOTE: do not add new entries to this table unless you have read
- * Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt
- */
 	{ }
 };
 
@@ -1496,10 +1483,6 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= &pipe_proc_fn,
 		.extra1		= &pipe_min_size,
 	},
-/*
- * NOTE: do not add new entries to this table unless you have read
- * Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt
- */
 	{ }
 };