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diff --git a/lib/rexml/element.rb b/lib/rexml/element.rb
index 616771fc0f..c415830c14 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/element.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/element.rb
@@ -678,11 +678,8 @@ module REXML
# pretty-printed in such a way that the added whitespace does not affect
# the parse tree of the document
# ie_hack::
- # Internet Explorer is the worst piece of crap to have ever been
- # written, with the possible exception of Windows itself. Since IE is
- # unable to parse proper XML, we have to provide a hack to generate XML
- # that IE's limited abilities can handle. This hack inserts a space
- # before the /> on empty tags. Defaults to false
+ # This hack inserts a space before the /> on empty tags to address
+ # a limitation of Internet Explorer. Defaults to false
#
# out = ''
# doc.write( out ) #-> doc is written to the string 'out'