diff --git a/schedutils/ionice.c b/schedutils/ionice.c
index fb5d04a8b..5528afed5 100644
--- a/schedutils/ionice.c
+++ b/schedutils/ionice.c
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ static void ioprio_setid(int which, int ioclass, int data, int who)
 
 static void __attribute__ ((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE * out)
 {
-	fputs(_("\nSets or gets the IO scheduling class and priority of processes.\n"), out);
-
 	fputs(USAGE_HEADER, out);
 	fprintf(out,  _(" %1$s [options] -p <pid>...\n"
 			" %1$s [options] -P <pgid>...\n"