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diff --git a/src/os/exec.go b/src/os/exec.go
index 7ef1fee595..42e8a399a9 100644
--- a/src/os/exec.go
+++ b/src/os/exec.go
@@ -86,17 +86,10 @@ func Getppid() int { return syscall.Getppid() }
// The Process it returns can be used to obtain information
// about the underlying operating system process.
//
-// On Unix systems other than Linux, FindProcess always succeeds and returns a Process
+// On Unix systems, FindProcess always succeeds and returns a Process
// for the given pid, regardless of whether the process exists. To test whether
// the process actually exists, see whether p.Signal(syscall.Signal(0)) reports
// an error.
-//
-// On Linux, FindProcess may either return ErrProcessGone for a non-existing
-// process (thus eliminating the need to use a signal to check if the process
-// exists), or work the same way as for other Unix systems, described above,
-// depending on the kernel version used and the system configuration. The old
-// behavior (of always succeeding) can be enforced by using GODEBUG setting
-// osfinderr=0.
func FindProcess(pid int) (*Process, error) {
return findProcess(pid)
}