diff --git a/etc/tasks.texi b/etc/tasks.texi
index 86d3288545f..678685bfe5e 100644
--- a/etc/tasks.texi
+++ b/etc/tasks.texi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @setfilename tasks.info
 @settitle GNU Task List
 @c UPDATE THIS DATE WHENEVER YOU MAKE CHANGES!
-@set lastupdate 27 August 1997
+@set lastupdate 16 September 1997
 @c %**end of header
 
 @setchapternewpage off
@@ -481,10 +481,6 @@ and all the other standard project progress reports.
 @item
 Grammar and style checking programs.
 
-@item
-An implementation of the S language (an interpreted language used for
-statistics).
-
 @item
 A translator from Scheme to C.