diff --git a/man/man8/lnstat.8 b/man/man8/lnstat.8
index 315a8e5..a76940b 100644
--- a/man/man8/lnstat.8
+++ b/man/man8/lnstat.8
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 In addition to routing cache statistics, it supports any kind of statistics the linux kernel
 exports via a file in /proc/net/stat/.
 .SH OPTIONS
-These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
-options starting with two dashes (`-').
 lnstat supports the following options.
 .TP
 .B \-h, \-\-help
diff --git a/man/man8/ss.8 b/man/man8/ss.8
index 7e8d8e8..e55dd0c 100644
--- a/man/man8/ss.8
+++ b/man/man8/ss.8
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
 .SH OPTIONS
 When no option is used ss displays a list of 
 open non-listening TCP sockets that have established connection.
-.P
-These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
-options starting with two dashes (`-').
-A summary of options is included below.
 .TP
 .B \-h, \-\-help
 Show summary of options.