diff --git a/lisp/net/newst-backend.el b/lisp/net/newst-backend.el
index 27ea713d0e52..c7a87a6cc18c 100644
--- a/lisp/net/newst-backend.el
+++ b/lisp/net/newst-backend.el
@@ -1211,8 +1211,7 @@ URL `http://www.atompub.org/2005/08/17/draft-ietf-atompub-format-11.html'"
 Return value as well as arguments NAME, TIME, and TOPNODE are the
 same as in `newsticker--parse-atom-1.0'.
 
-For the RSS 0.91 specification see URL `http://backend.userland.com/rss091'
-or URL `http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-spec-0.91.html'."
+For the RSS 0.91 specification see URL `http://backend.userland.com/rss091'."
   (newsticker--debug-msg "Parsing RSS 0.91 feed %s" name)
   (let* ((channelnode (car (xml-get-children topnode 'channel)))
          is-new-feed has-new-items)
diff --git a/lisp/net/newsticker.el b/lisp/net/newsticker.el
index 34e94acd12cd..c1714218be9f 100644
--- a/lisp/net/newsticker.el
+++ b/lisp/net/newsticker.el
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@
 ;; are contained in "RSS" (RDF Site Summary) or "Atom" files.  Newsticker
 ;; should work with the following RSS formats:
 ;;  * RSS 0.91
-;;    (see http://backend.userland.com/rss091 or
-;;    http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-spec-0.91.html)
+;;    (see http://backend.userland.com/rss091)
 ;;  * RSS 0.92
 ;;    (see http://backend.userland.com/rss092)
 ;;  * RSS 1.0