diff --git a/share/man/man5/utmpx.5 b/share/man/man5/utmpx.5
index 5de4068a21f8..b27b87ca8176 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/utmpx.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/utmpx.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: utmpx.5,v 1.5 2006/09/19 18:55:36 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: utmpx.5,v 1.6 2007/01/31 15:41:37 njoly Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd September 18, 2006
+.Dd January 31, 2007
 .Dt UTMPX 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ and date changes, is kept in
 .Pa /var/log/wtmpx ,
 and the last login of each user is noted in
 .Pa /var/log/lastlogx .
-The files are not automatically created if they do not exist; they
-must be created manually.
 .Pp
 The interface to the
 .Nm utmpx