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diff --git a/doc/lispref/errors.texi b/doc/lispref/errors.texi
index 87cfcfa532c..8a10fbf0c47 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/errors.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/errors.texi
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@
 @appendix Standard Errors
 @cindex standard errors
 
-  Here is a list of the more important error symbols in standard Emacs,
-grouped by concept.  The list includes each symbol's message (on the
-@code{error-message} property of the symbol) and a cross reference to a
-description of how the error can occur.
+  Here is a list of the more important error symbols in standard Emacs, grouped
+by concept.  The list includes each symbol's message and a cross reference
+to a description of how the error can occur.
 
-  Each error symbol has an @code{error-conditions} property that is a
+  Each error symbol has an set of parent error conditions that is a
 list of symbols.  Normally this list includes the error symbol itself
 and the symbol @code{error}.  Occasionally it includes additional
 symbols, which are intermediate classifications, narrower than
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@ conditions, that means it has none.
   As a special exception, the error symbol @code{quit} does not have the
 condition @code{error}, because quitting is not considered an error.
 
-@c You can grep for "(put 'foo 'error-conditions ...) to find
-@c examples defined in Lisp.  E.g., soap-client.el, sasl.el.
   Most of these error symbols are defined in C (mainly @file{data.c}),
 but some are defined in Lisp.  For example, the file @file{userlock.el}
 defines the @code{file-locked} and @code{file-supersession} errors.