diff --git a/doc/rakefile.rdoc b/doc/rakefile.rdoc
index d18680e51..89a28ebee 100644
--- a/doc/rakefile.rdoc
+++ b/doc/rakefile.rdoc
@@ -223,9 +223,7 @@ behaviour can now accept a second parameter:
 The first argument of the block "t" is always bound to the current
 task object.  The second argument "args" is an open-struct like object
 that allows access to the task arguments.  Extra command line
-arguments to a task are ignored.  Missing command line arguments are
-picked up from matching environment variables.  If there are no
-matching environment variables, they are given the nil value.
+arguments to a task are ignored.
 
 If you wish to specify default values for the arguments, you can use
 the with_defaults method in the task body.  Here is the above example