diff --git a/rc/filetype/php.kak b/rc/filetype/php.kak
index 26bc1616..ce5f4352 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/php.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/php.kak
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ add-highlighter shared/php/doc_comment2  region /\*\*  \*/             ref php/d
 add-highlighter shared/php/comment1      region //     '$'             fill comment
 add-highlighter shared/php/comment2      region /\*    \*/             fill comment
 add-highlighter shared/php/comment3      region '#'    '$'             fill comment
-# Example PHP heredoc:
-# echo <<<SOMETHING
-#  some text
-#  more text etc.
-# SOMETHING;
 add-highlighter shared/php/heredoc       region -match-capture '<<<(.*?)$' '^\h*(.*?);' fill string