diff --git a/docs/harfbuzz-docs.xml b/docs/harfbuzz-docs.xml
index 96965f422..ea4c8aeed 100644
--- a/docs/harfbuzz-docs.xml
+++ b/docs/harfbuzz-docs.xml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
       <title>HarfBuzz</title>
       <graphic fileref="HarfBuzz.png" format="PNG" align="center"/>
       <para>
-        HarfBuzz is an <ulink url="http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/">OpenType</ulink>
-        text shaping engine. Using the HarfBuzz library allows
+        HarfBuzz is a text shaping library. Using the HarfBuzz library allows
 	programs to convert a sequence of Unicode input into
 	properly formatted and positioned glyph output&mdash;for any writing
 	system and language.