diff --git a/etc/future-bug b/etc/future-bug
index 88c87597fc7..fb6262dfe55 100644
--- a/etc/future-bug
+++ b/etc/future-bug
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-The Free Software Foundation claims no copyright on this file, taken
-from the GNU project email archives.
-
-
 Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2199 21:03:50 -0600
 From: Karl Fogel <kfogel@floss.cyclic.com>
 To: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu