diff --git a/libpng-manual.txt b/libpng-manual.txt
index 89c36e73be835abac3559e48188f6c691b15da7c..5ba3e06746ba3ef02fe8a69983ba21877d551f51 100644
--- a/libpng-manual.txt
+++ b/libpng-manual.txt
@@ -4357,41 +4357,6 @@ is called for the first time.)
               same as the value of filter_method used
               in png_set_IHDR().
 
-It is also possible to influence how libpng chooses from among the
-available filters.  This is done in one or both of two ways - by
-telling it how important it is to keep the same filter for successive
-rows, and by telling it the relative computational costs of the filters.
-
-    double weights[3] = {1.5, 1.3, 1.1},
-       costs[PNG_FILTER_VALUE_LAST] =
-       {1.0, 1.3, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7};
-
-    png_set_filter_heuristics(png_ptr,
-       PNG_FILTER_HEURISTIC_WEIGHTED, 3,
-       weights, costs);
-
-The weights are multiplying factors that indicate to libpng that the
-row filter should be the same for successive rows unless another row filter
-is that many times better than the previous filter.  In the above example,
-if the previous 3 filters were SUB, SUB, NONE, the SUB filter could have a
-"sum of absolute differences" 1.5 x 1.3 times higher than other filters
-and still be chosen, while the NONE filter could have a sum 1.1 times
-higher than other filters and still be chosen.  Unspecified weights are
-taken to be 1.0, and the specified weights should probably be declining
-like those above in order to emphasize recent filters over older filters.
-
-The filter costs specify for each filter type a relative decoding cost
-to be considered when selecting row filters.  This means that filters
-with higher costs are less likely to be chosen over filters with lower
-costs, unless their "sum of absolute differences" is that much smaller.
-The costs do not necessarily reflect the exact computational speeds of
-the various filters, since this would unduly influence the final image
-size.
-
-Note that the numbers above were invented purely for this example and
-are given only to help explain the function usage.  Little testing has
-been done to find optimum values for either the costs or the weights.
-
 Requesting debug printout
 
 The macro definition PNG_DEBUG can be used to request debugging
diff --git a/libpng.3 b/libpng.3
index c219edafa8a310abfc9dbf9d5873b04375522296..48d283bc9f65c419fe7bd9faa8bf781e4f180e2a 100644
--- a/libpng.3
+++ b/libpng.3
@@ -4861,41 +4861,6 @@ is called for the first time.)
               same as the value of filter_method used
               in png_set_IHDR().
 
-It is also possible to influence how libpng chooses from among the
-available filters.  This is done in one or both of two ways - by
-telling it how important it is to keep the same filter for successive
-rows, and by telling it the relative computational costs of the filters.
-
-    double weights[3] = {1.5, 1.3, 1.1},
-       costs[PNG_FILTER_VALUE_LAST] =
-       {1.0, 1.3, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7};
-
-    png_set_filter_heuristics(png_ptr,
-       PNG_FILTER_HEURISTIC_WEIGHTED, 3,
-       weights, costs);
-
-The weights are multiplying factors that indicate to libpng that the
-row filter should be the same for successive rows unless another row filter
-is that many times better than the previous filter.  In the above example,
-if the previous 3 filters were SUB, SUB, NONE, the SUB filter could have a
-"sum of absolute differences" 1.5 x 1.3 times higher than other filters
-and still be chosen, while the NONE filter could have a sum 1.1 times
-higher than other filters and still be chosen.  Unspecified weights are
-taken to be 1.0, and the specified weights should probably be declining
-like those above in order to emphasize recent filters over older filters.
-
-The filter costs specify for each filter type a relative decoding cost
-to be considered when selecting row filters.  This means that filters
-with higher costs are less likely to be chosen over filters with lower
-costs, unless their "sum of absolute differences" is that much smaller.
-The costs do not necessarily reflect the exact computational speeds of
-the various filters, since this would unduly influence the final image
-size.
-
-Note that the numbers above were invented purely for this example and
-are given only to help explain the function usage.  Little testing has
-been done to find optimum values for either the costs or the weights.
-
 .SS Requesting debug printout
 
 The macro definition PNG_DEBUG can be used to request debugging