diff --git a/appendixa/vim-desc.xml b/appendixa/vim-desc.xml
index c60274b7a..fc8b0ebf2 100644
--- a/appendixa/vim-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/vim-desc.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Contents</title>
 
-<para>The Vim package contains the ctags, etags, ex, gview, gvim, rgview,
+<para>The Vim package contains the ex, gview, gvim, rgview,
 rgvim, rview, rvim, view, vim, vimtutor and xxd programs.</para>
 
 </sect2>
@@ -9,22 +9,6 @@ rgvim, rview, rvim, view, vim, vimtutor and xxd programs.</para>
 <sect2>
 <title>Description</title>
 
-<sect3>
-<title>ctags</title>
-
-<para>ctags generate tag files for source code.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>etags</title>
-
-<para>etags does the same as ctags but it can generate cross reference files
-which list information about the various source objects found in a set
-of language files.</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
 <sect3>
 <title>ex</title>