diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi
index 4c3e140a8..4caa27023 100644
--- a/doc/org.texi
+++ b/doc/org.texi
@@ -16126,9 +16126,7 @@ blocks by matching the reference name to either the block name or the
 
 For simple concatenation, set this @code{:noweb-ref} header argument at the
 sub-tree or file level.  In the example Org file shown next, the body of the
-source code in each block is extracted for concatenation to a pure code
-file@footnote{(For the example to work, turn on the property inheritance for
-@code{noweb-ref}, @pxref{Property inheritance}).}.
+source code in each block is extracted for concatenation to a pure code file.
 
 @example
  #+BEGIN_SRC sh :tangle yes :noweb yes :shebang #!/bin/sh