diff --git a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst
index bf486745c7..7b1c48c4a2 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst
@@ -1497,11 +1497,6 @@ FILES
 
 For Windows-specifics, see `FILES ON WINDOWS`_ section.
 
-mpv follows the
-[Unix Directory Standard](https://github.com/unix-directory-standard/unix-directory-standard)
-. There is some deprecated fallback support for XDG, for the sake of
-compatibility.
-
 ``/usr/local/etc/mpv/mpv.conf``
     mpv system-wide settings (depends on ``--prefix`` passed to configure - mpv
     in default configuration will use ``/usr/local/etc/mpv/`` as config