diff --git a/man/zeek.8 b/man/zeek.8
index bf47dee136..6b31e2a0e2 100644
--- a/man/zeek.8
+++ b/man/zeek.8
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Output file for script execution statistics
 Disable Zeekygen (Broxygen) documentation support
 .SH OUTPUT FORMAT
 Output is written in multiple files depending on configuration. Default
-location is the current directory. Packets can be written to a tcpdump file.
+location is the current directory. 
 
 The output written by Zeek can be formatted in multiple ways using the
 logging framework.