diff --git a/source/iostreams.tex b/source/iostreams.tex
index 34bd3341a7..9aaee4e353 100644
--- a/source/iostreams.tex
+++ b/source/iostreams.tex
@@ -18425,9 +18425,10 @@
 
 \pnum
 \returns
-\tcode{false} if \tcode{p} did not exist,
-  otherwise \tcode{true}. The signature with argument \tcode{ec}
-  returns \tcode{false} if an error occurs.
+\tcode{true} if a file \tcode{p} has been removed and \tcode{false} otherwise.
+\begin{note}
+Absence of a file \tcode{p} is not an error.
+\end{note}
 
 \pnum
 \throws