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diff --git a/man/make.conf.5 b/man/make.conf.5
index 0f5bd54de..4c86d38e6 100644
--- a/man/make.conf.5
+++ b/man/make.conf.5
@@ -663,14 +663,10 @@ unless \fBclean\-logs\fR is enabled in \fBFEATURES\fR.
\fBPORTAGE_BINHOST\fR = \fI[space delimited URI list]\fR
This is a list of hosts from which portage will grab prebuilt\-binary packages.
Each entry in the list must specify the full address of a directory
-serving tbz2's for your system. This is only used when running with
+serving tbz2's for your system (this directory must contain a 'Packages' index
+file). This is only used when running with
the get binary pkg options are given to \fBemerge\fR. Review \fBemerge\fR(1)
-for more information. For versions of portage less that 2.1.6, this variable
-should point to the 'All' directory on the host that creates the binary
-packages and not to the root of the \fBPKGDIR\fR. Starting with portage 2.1.6,
-it should point to a directory containing a 'Packages' index file. If
-${PORTAGE_BINHOST}/Packages does not exist then portage will attempt to use
-the older protocol.
+for more information.
.TP
\fBPORTAGE_BINHOST_HEADER_URI\fR = \fI"ftp://login:pass@grp.mirror.site/pub/grp/i686/athlon\-xp/"\fR
This variable only makes sense on a system that will serve as a binhost and