diff --git a/http/httpproxy/proxy.go b/http/httpproxy/proxy.go
index 16994ac13..c3bd9a1ee 100644
--- a/http/httpproxy/proxy.go
+++ b/http/httpproxy/proxy.go
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ type config struct {
 
 // FromEnvironment returns a Config instance populated from the
 // environment variables HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY (or the
-// lowercase versions thereof). HTTPS_PROXY takes precedence over
-// HTTP_PROXY for https requests.
+// lowercase versions thereof).
 //
 // The environment values may be either a complete URL or a
 // "host[:port]", in which case the "http" scheme is assumed. An error