diff --git a/common/locale/en-US/various.xml b/common/locale/en-US/various.xml
index 7a3668ba..a491b58c 100644
--- a/common/locale/en-US/various.xml
+++ b/common/locale/en-US/various.xml
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@
             the previous external command, so long as it is not preceded by a
             backslash and <o>banghist</o> is enabled.
         </p>
-        <note>
-            Do not run commands which require stdin or it will hang Firefox.
-            You can launch a process in the background (e.g. :! xterm &amp;).
-        </note>
     </description>
 </item>