diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/Tokenizer.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/Tokenizer.java
index 64ee06fd164..b2bbfb290ea 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/Tokenizer.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/Tokenizer.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
   NOTE: Subclasses overriding {@link #incrementToken()} must
   call {@link AttributeSource#clearAttributes()} before
   setting attributes.
-  Subclasses overriding {@link #incrementToken()} must call
-  {@link Token#clear()} before setting Token attributes. 
  */
 public abstract class Tokenizer extends TokenStream {
   /** The text source for this Tokenizer. */