diff --git a/lib/fileutils.rb b/lib/fileutils.rb
index a6c635c..cf10f4d 100644
--- a/lib/fileutils.rb
+++ b/lib/fileutils.rb
@@ -192,8 +192,6 @@ def self.private_module_function(name)   #:nodoc:
   #
   #   FileUtils.pwd # => "/rdoc/fileutils"
   #
-  # FileUtils.getwd is an alias for FileUtils.pwd.
-  #
   # Related: FileUtils.cd.
   #
   def pwd
@@ -235,8 +233,6 @@ def pwd
   #     cd ..
   #     cd fileutils
   #
-  # FileUtils.chdir is an alias for FileUtils.cd.
-  #
   # Related: FileUtils.pwd.
   #
   def cd(dir, verbose: nil, &block) # :yield: dir
@@ -515,8 +511,6 @@ def rmdir(list, parents: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil)
   # Raises an exception if +dest+ is the path to an existing file
   # and keyword argument +force+ is not +true+.
   #
-  # FileUtils#link is an alias for FileUtils#ln.
-  #
   # Related: FileUtils.link_entry (has different options).
   #
   def ln(src, dest, force: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil)
@@ -707,8 +701,6 @@ def cp_lr(src, dest, noop: nil, verbose: nil,
   #     ln -sf src2.txt dest2.txt
   #     ln -s srcdir3/src0.txt srcdir3/src1.txt destdir3
   #
-  # FileUtils.symlink is an alias for FileUtils.ln_s.
-  #
   # Related: FileUtils.ln_sf.
   #
   def ln_s(src, dest, force: nil, relative: false, target_directory: true, noop: nil, verbose: nil)
@@ -876,8 +868,6 @@ def link_entry(src, dest, dereference_root = false, remove_destination = false)
   #
   # Raises an exception if +src+ is a directory.
   #
-  # FileUtils.copy is an alias for FileUtils.cp.
-  #
   # Related: {methods for copying}[rdoc-ref:FileUtils@Copying].
   #
   def cp(src, dest, preserve: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil)
@@ -1164,8 +1154,6 @@ def copy_stream(src, dest)
   #     mv src0 dest0
   #     mv src1.txt src1 dest1
   #
-  # FileUtils.move is an alias for FileUtils.mv.
-  #
   def mv(src, dest, force: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil, secure: nil)
     fu_output_message "mv#{force ? ' -f' : ''} #{[src,dest].flatten.join ' '}" if verbose
     return if noop
@@ -1223,8 +1211,6 @@ def mv(src, dest, force: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil, secure: nil)
   #
   #     rm src0.dat src0.txt
   #
-  # FileUtils.remove is an alias for FileUtils.rm.
-  #
   # Related: {methods for deleting}[rdoc-ref:FileUtils@Deleting].
   #
   def rm(list, force: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil)
@@ -1250,8 +1236,6 @@ def rm(list, force: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil)
   #
   # See FileUtils.rm for keyword arguments.
   #
-  # FileUtils.safe_unlink is an alias for FileUtils.rm_f.
-  #
   # Related: {methods for deleting}[rdoc-ref:FileUtils@Deleting].
   #
   def rm_f(list, noop: nil, verbose: nil)
@@ -1339,8 +1323,6 @@ def rm_r(list, force: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil, secure: nil)
   #
   # See FileUtils.rm_r for keyword arguments.
   #
-  # FileUtils.rmtree is an alias for FileUtils.rm_rf.
-  #
   # Related: {methods for deleting}[rdoc-ref:FileUtils@Deleting].
   #
   def rm_rf(list, noop: nil, verbose: nil, secure: nil)