diff --git a/doc/ref/ChangeLog b/doc/ref/ChangeLog
index 0768f1d8d..f646fa876 100644
--- a/doc/ref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-09-28  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+	* api-data.texi (Symbol Props): Remove unnecessarily specific
+	parenthesis about Guile 1.6's use of extra symbol slots.
+
 2006-09-26  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 
 	* scheme-using.texi (Using Guile in Emacs, GDS Introduction):
diff --git a/doc/ref/api-data.texi b/doc/ref/api-data.texi
index 15eac2e4b..4534f8a6e 100755
--- a/doc/ref/api-data.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/api-data.texi
@@ -4674,10 +4674,8 @@ see @code{symbol-property}.
 @end deffn
 
 Support for these extra slots may be removed in a future release, and it
-is probably better to avoid using them.  (In release 1.6, Guile itself
-uses the property list slot sparingly, and the function slot not at
-all.)  For a more modern and Schemely approach to properties, see
-@ref{Object Properties}.
+is probably better to avoid using them.  For a more modern and Schemely
+approach to properties, see @ref{Object Properties}.
 
 
 @node Symbol Read Syntax