diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml
index bfa4104031..fa2540e807 100644
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+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.xml
@@ -28,11 +28,7 @@
     <abstract>
       <para>Congratulations on installing FreeBSD! This introduction
 	is for people new to both FreeBSD <emphasis>and</emphasis>
-	&unix;&mdash;so it starts with basics.  It assumes you are using
-	version 2.0.5 or later of &os; as distributed by
-	&os;.org, your system (for now) has a single user
-	(you)&mdash;and you are probably pretty good with DOS/&windows;
-	or &os2;.</para>
+	&unix;&mdash;so it starts with basics.</para>
     </abstract>
   </info>