diff --git a/src/time/format.go b/src/time/format.go
index 027fe8bdff..7fe5b51bca 100644
--- a/src/time/format.go
+++ b/src/time/format.go
@@ -758,11 +758,6 @@ func skip(value, prefix string) (string, error) {
 // location and zone in the returned time. Otherwise it records the time as
 // being in a fabricated location with time fixed at the given zone offset.
 //
-// No checking is done that the day of the month is within the month's
-// valid dates; any one- or two-digit value is accepted. For example
-// February 31 and even February 99 are valid dates, specifying dates
-// in March and May. This behavior is consistent with time.Date.
-//
 // When parsing a time with a zone abbreviation like MST, if the zone abbreviation
 // has a defined offset in the current location, then that offset is used.
 // The zone abbreviation "UTC" is recognized as UTC regardless of location.