diff --git a/src/encoding/json/indent.go b/src/encoding/json/indent.go
index 1b49a369e3..fba19548c9 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/indent.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/indent.go
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import "bytes"
 
 // Compact appends to dst the JSON-encoded src with
 // insignificant space characters elided.
-// Like Marshal, Compact applies HTMLEscape to any
-// string literals so that the JSON will be safe to embed
-// inside HTML <script> tags.
 func Compact(dst *bytes.Buffer, src []byte) error {
 	return compact(dst, src, false)
 }