diff --git a/doc/ref/ChangeLog b/doc/ref/ChangeLog
index c5c5ea2cd..40f5ad262 100644
--- a/doc/ref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-04-26  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+	* scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Remove scm_sysmissing,
+	long since gone from libguile.  (Thanks to Kevin Ryde.)
+
 2003-04-05  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.de>
 
 	* preface.texi: Reflect change to LGPL.
diff --git a/doc/ref/scheme-control.texi b/doc/ref/scheme-control.texi
index 184ccae9d..a2df95d68 100644
--- a/doc/ref/scheme-control.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/scheme-control.texi
@@ -943,8 +943,7 @@ Likewise a NULL message is converted to #f.
 The following procedures invoke scm_error with various error keys and
 arguments.  The first three call scm_error with the system-error key
 and automatically supply errno in the "rest" argument:  scm_syserror
-generates messages using strerror,  scm_sysmissing is used when
-facilities are not available.  Care should be taken that the errno
+generates messages using strerror.  Care should be taken that the errno
 value is not reset (e.g. due to an interrupt).
 
 @itemize @bullet
@@ -953,8 +952,6 @@ void scm_syserror (char *subr);
 @item
 void scm_syserror_msg (char *subr, char *message, SCM args);
 @item
-void scm_sysmissing (char *subr);
-@item
 void scm_num_overflow (char *subr);
 @item
 void scm_out_of_range (char *subr, SCM bad_value);