diff --git a/conans/client/conf/__init__.py b/conans/client/conf/__init__.py
index 7a24c52dbce..4280a4f80b5 100644
--- a/conans/client/conf/__init__.py
+++ b/conans/client/conf/__init__.py
@@ -157,9 +157,8 @@
 path = ./data
 
 [proxies]
-# Empty section will try to use system proxies.
-# If don't want proxy at all, remove section [proxies]
-# As documented in http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/advanced/#proxies - but see below
+# Empty (or missing) section will try to use system proxies.
+# As documented in https://requests.kennethreitz.org/en/latest/user/advanced/#proxies - but see below
 # for proxies to specific hosts
 # http = http://user:pass@10.10.1.10:3128/
 # http = http://10.10.1.10:3128
diff --git a/conans/test/functional/command/config_install_test.py b/conans/test/functional/command/config_install_test.py
index 4957440c8bf..bf429235018 100644
--- a/conans/test/functional/command/config_install_test.py
+++ b/conans/test/functional/command/config_install_test.py
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@
 default_package_id_mode = full_package_mode # environment CONAN_DEFAULT_PACKAGE_ID_MODE
 
 [proxies]
-# Empty section will try to use system proxies.
-# If don't want proxy at all, remove section [proxies]
-# As documented in http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/advanced/#proxies
+# Empty (or missing) section will try to use system proxies.
+# As documented in https://requests.kennethreitz.org/en/latest/user/advanced/#proxies
 http = http://user:pass@10.10.1.10:3128/
 https = None
 # http = http://10.10.1.10:3128