diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/compress.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/compress.h
index a560c59b82..a9d4d5adf4 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/compress.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/compress.h
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ dns_compress_init(dns_compress_t *cctx, int edns, isc_mem_t *mctx);
  *
  *	Returns:
  *	\li	#ISC_R_SUCCESS
- *	\li	failures from dns_rbt_create()
  */
 
 void