diff --git a/man/rm.x b/man/rm.x
index 7faf6f90e..fd93b3be6 100644
--- a/man/rm.x
+++ b/man/rm.x
@@ -13,24 +13,6 @@ the \fI\-f\fR or \fI\-\-force\fR option is not given,
 .B rm
 prompts the user for whether to remove the file.  If the response
 does not begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.
-.LP
-GNU
-.BR rm ,
-like every program that uses the getopt function to parse its
-arguments, lets you use the
-.I \-\-
-option to indicate that all following arguments are non-options.  To
-remove a file called `\-f' in the current directory, you could type
-either
-.RS
-rm \-\- \-f
-.RE
-or
-.RS
-rm ./\-f
-.RE
-The Unix
-.B rm
-program's use of a single `\-' for this purpose predates the
-development of the getopt standard syntax.
 .SH OPTIONS
+[SEE ALSO]
+shred(1)