diff --git a/modules/comment/comment.module b/modules/comment/comment.module
index 5da3909bf96727fe9439c626d9c940432c97a52e..fc16604674dab39cc0f97515512ccded3c9daccf 100644
--- a/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ function comment_block_configure($delta = '') {
     '#title' => t('Number of recent comments'),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('comment_block_count', 10),
     '#options' => drupal_map_assoc(array(2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30)),
-    '#description' => t('Number of comments displayed in the <em>Recent comments</em> block.'),
   );
 
   return $form;