diff --git a/src/liblwevent/200_eventloop.h b/src/liblwevent/200_eventloop.h
index 969db04..32c8741 100644
--- a/src/liblwevent/200_eventloop.h
+++ b/src/liblwevent/200_eventloop.h
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ program should exit), and lwevent_wait(), which implements a single run of the e
 \retval -1 on error (and see \a errno).
 
 This function initialises the library, calling \c epoll_create(2) to set up the initial file 
-descriptor, and allocating memory for returned events, etc. The initialised file descriptor may be
-found in lwevent_epoll_fd, although it is not recommended to use it directly.
+descriptor, and allocating memory for returned events, etc.
 
 */
 int lwevent_init(void);