diff --git a/include/libtorrent/settings_pack.hpp b/include/libtorrent/settings_pack.hpp
index c2fdd0309..94939b46b 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/settings_pack.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/settings_pack.hpp
@@ -577,9 +577,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			// ``set_proxy_settings``. The listen sockets are closed, and incoming
 			// connections will only be accepted through a SOCKS5 or I2P proxy (if
 			// a peer proxy is set up and is run on the same machine as the
-			// tracker proxy). This setting also disabled peer country lookups,
-			// since those are done via DNS lookups that aren't supported by
-			// proxies.
+			// tracker proxy).
 			force_proxy,
 
 			// if false, prevents libtorrent to advertise share-mode support