diff --git a/src/changes/release-notes.vm b/src/changes/release-notes.vm
index 66b4137..61f9046 100644
--- a/src/changes/release-notes.vm
+++ b/src/changes/release-notes.vm
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
 Introduction
 ------------
 
-Commons IO is a package of Java utility classes like java.io.  
-Classes in this package are considered to be so standard and of such high 
-reuse as to justify existence in java.io.
-
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