diff --git a/meshmode/discretization/connection/permute.py b/meshmode/discretization/connection/permute.py
index 622137d5..bc3096d9 100644
--- a/meshmode/discretization/connection/permute.py
+++ b/meshmode/discretization/connection/permute.py
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@
 def make_element_permutation_connection(actx, from_discr):
     """Build discretization connection containing a permuted mesh.
 
-    .. note::
-
-        This function assumes a flattened DOF array, as produced by
-        :class:`~arraycontext.flatten`.
-
     :arg actx: an :class:`~arraycontext.ArrayContext`.
     :arg from_discr: a :class:`Discretization`.
     """