diff --git a/src/net/http/socks_bundle.go b/src/net/http/socks_bundle.go
index fc2239103982f33ea2b9de244dfd67055310caa7..e446669589905dcf71029c6774d75eab50279d76 100644
--- a/src/net/http/socks_bundle.go
+++ b/src/net/http/socks_bundle.go
@@ -362,8 +362,6 @@ func (d *socksDialer) DialWithConn(ctx context.Context, c net.Conn, network, add
 // Unlike DialContext, it returns a raw transport connection instead
 // of a forward proxy connection.
 //
-// Dial uses context.Background internally.
-//
 // Deprecated: Use DialContext or DialWithConn instead.
 func (d *socksDialer) Dial(network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
 	if err := d.validateTarget(network, address); err != nil {