diff --git a/doc/git-annex-import.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-import.mdwn
index 71b7dedbb4..e78fa0ac14 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-import.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-import.mdwn
@@ -229,12 +229,10 @@ link, and that symbolic link will be followed.
 Note that using `--deduplicate` or `--clean-duplicates` with the WORM
 backend does not look at file content, but filename and mtime.
 
-If `annex.largefiles` is configured (in the current repo's `.gitattributes` file),
-and does not match a file, `git annex import` will add the non-large file directly to the git repository,
+If annex.largefiles is configured, and does not match a file, `git annex
+import` will add the non-large file directly to the git repository,
 instead of to the annex.
 
-[[Caveat Discussion: Adjusting Largefiles Specification|forum/Import_-_Changing_Largefiles]]
-
 # SEE ALSO
 
 [[git-annex]](1)