diff --git a/lispref/customize.texi b/lispref/customize.texi
index 8ad0312e4ea..225a487af9b 100644
--- a/lispref/customize.texi
+++ b/lispref/customize.texi
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ the echo area.  In addition, @var{motion-doc} is used as the mouse
 @code{help-echo} string and may actually be a function or form evaluated
 to yield a help string.  If it is a function, it is called with one
 argument, the widget.
-@c @xref{Text help-echo}.
+@xref{Text help-echo}.
 
 @item :match @var{function}
 Specify how to decide whether a value matches the type.  The