diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_pause.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_pause.3
index e72c2de244..f8385bb703 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_pause.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_pause.3
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ the transfer is unpaused.
 
 While it may feel tempting, take care and notice that you cannot call this
 function from another thread. To unpause, you may for example call it from the
-progress callback (\fICURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3)\fP), which gets called at
-least once per second, even if the connection is paused.
+progress callback (\fICURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3)\fP).
 
 When this function is called to unpause receiving, the chance is high that you
 will get your write callback called before this function returns.