diff --git a/includes/theme.inc b/includes/theme.inc
index ee6eea387850d5c54cbd5f34156327de33cc052a..b90cf224d2b3aeca296b9715243f7774e902540c 100644
--- a/includes/theme.inc
+++ b/includes/theme.inc
@@ -1245,9 +1245,7 @@ function theme_submenu($links) {
  *   - "data": The localized title of the table column.
  *   - "field": The database field represented in the table column (required if
  *     user is to be able to sort on this column).
- *   - "sort": A default sort order for this column ("asc" or "desc"). This
- *     depends on tablesort_sql() appending sort data when forming queries
- *     before being passed to theme_table().
+ *   - "sort": A default sort order for this column ("asc" or "desc").
  *   - Any HTML attributes, such as "colspan", to apply to the column header cell.
  * @param $rows
  *   An array of table rows. Every row is an array of cells, or an associative