diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 8438fa4952c..5481e7f51dc 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-03-02  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+	* mule.texi (Communication Coding) <x-select-request-type>:
+	Remove duplicate (essentially) paragraph.  (Bug#8148)
+
 2011-03-01  Christoph Scholtes  <cschol2112@googlemail.com>
 
 	* maintaining.texi (Format of ChangeLog): Add reference to
diff --git a/doc/emacs/mule.texi b/doc/emacs/mule.texi
index f0facec86c1..22c155d26de 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/mule.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/mule.texi
@@ -1153,15 +1153,6 @@ specified by one of the environment variables @env{LC_ALL},
 specified above, whose value is nonempty is the one that determines
 the text representation.)
 
-@vindex x-select-request-type
-  The variable @code{x-select-request-type} specifies a selection data
-type of selection to request from the X server.  The default value is
-@code{nil}, which means Emacs tries @code{COMPOUND_TEXT} and
-@code{UTF8_STRING}, and uses whichever result seems more appropriate.
-You can explicitly specify the data type by setting the variable to
-one of the symbols @code{COMPOUND_TEXT}, @code{UTF8_STRING},
-@code{STRING} and @code{TEXT}.
-
 @node File Name Coding
 @section Coding Systems for File Names