diff --git a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 097c8a6121..8d41efffdc 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -2785,9 +2785,6 @@ function untrailingslashit( $string ) {
 /**
  * Adds slashes to a string or recursively adds slashes to strings within an array.
  *
- * Slashes will first be removed if magic_quotes_gpc is set, see {@link
- * https://www.php.net/magic_quotes} for more details.
- *
  * @since 0.71
  *
  * @param string|array $gpc String or array of data to slash.