diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/treesitter/highlighter.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/treesitter/highlighter.lua
index 45eb941db7..e003cf577a 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/treesitter/highlighter.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/treesitter/highlighter.lua
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ local _link_default_highlight_once = function(from, to)
   return from
 end
 
--- These are conventions defined by nvim-treesitter, though it
--- needs to be user extensible also.
 TSHighlighter.hl_map = {
     ["error"] = "Error",