diff --git a/src/doc/guide-pointers.md b/src/doc/guide-pointers.md
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--- a/src/doc/guide-pointers.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-% The (old) Rust Pointer Guide
+% The Rust Pointer Guide
 
-This content has moved into
-[the Rust Programming Language book](book/pointers.html).
+This content has been removed, with no direct replacement. Rust only
+has two built-in pointer types now,
+[references](book/references-and-borrowing.html) and [raw
+pointers](book/raw-pointers.html). Older Rusts had many more pointer
+types, they’re gone now.