diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 5efb43ae7..8f5149edf 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-07-27  Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* posix.sgml (std-notes): Remove obsolete reference to CYGWIN=server.
+
 2009-07-25  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* posix.sgml (std-notes): Add flock restriction.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/posix.sgml b/winsup/cygwin/posix.sgml
index 883edd251..1b9d8259e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/posix.sgml
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/posix.sgml
@@ -1408,8 +1408,6 @@ ENOSYS.</para>
 <function>shmdt</function>, <function>shmget</function>,
 <function>msgctl</function>, <function>msgget</function>,
 <function>msgrcv</function> and <function>msgsnd</function> are only
-available when cygserver is running and the <envar>CYGWIN</envar>
-environment variable is set so that it contains the string
-<envar>server</envar>.</para>
+available when cygserver is running.</para>
 
 </sect1>