diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html
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@@ -373,9 +373,6 @@ If the patch complies with the rules it will be
manager will reply to the patch in question stating why the patch has been
rejected or would request a backport.
-A summary of all the picked/rejected patches will be presented in the
-pre-release announcement.
-
The stable-release manager may at times need to force-push changes to the
stable branches, for example, to drop a previously-picked patch that was later
identified as causing a regression). These force-pushes may cause changes to