diff --git a/lib/libdevdctl/Makefile b/lib/libdevdctl/Makefile
index 60c59c0ea92..e37c1ce4340 100644
--- a/lib/libdevdctl/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libdevdctl/Makefile
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ WARNS?=	3
 PRIVATELIB=	true
 SHLIB_MAJOR=	0
 
-# Silence warnings about usage of deprecated std::auto_ptr, and various
-# deprecated function objects from <functional>
+# Silence warnings about usage of various deprecated function objects
+# from <functional>
 CXXWARNFLAGS+=	-Wno-deprecated-declarations
 
 .include <bsd.lib.mk>