diff --git a/doc/ref/goops.texi b/doc/ref/goops.texi
index 3bebd8f5b..452c88b6b 100644
--- a/doc/ref/goops.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/goops.texi
@@ -1085,9 +1085,7 @@ Those class definitions define a hierarchy which is shown in
 @ref{fig:hier}.  In this figure, the class @code{<top>} is also shown;
 this class is the superclass of all Scheme objects.  In particular,
 @code{<top>} is the superclass of all standard Scheme
-types.@footnote{@code{<complex>}, which is the direct subclass of
-@code{<number>} and the direct superclass of @code{<real>}, has been
-omitted in this figure.}
+types.
 
 @float Figure,fig:hier
 @iftex