diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index d3583ba6c2..1ef2ca6193 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -1965,10 +1965,7 @@ typedef enum {
 #define CURL_ZERO_TERMINATED ((size_t) -1)
 
 /* curl_strequal() and curl_strnequal() are subject for removal in a future
-   libcurl, see lib/README.curlx for details
-
-   !checksrc! disable SPACEBEFOREPAREN 2
-*/
+   release */
 CURL_EXTERN int curl_strequal(const char *s1, const char *s2);
 CURL_EXTERN int curl_strnequal(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n);