diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/upgrade.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/upgrade.sgml
index 332c9a285e50..9be4be6ce92d 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/upgrade.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/upgrade.sgml
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
 <filename>make.conf</filename>,
 <filename>manpath.config</filename>,
 <filename>master.passwd</filename>,
-<filename>modems</filename>,
 <filename>motd</filename>,
 <filename>namedb</filename>,
 <filename>networks</filename>,