diff --git a/package/src/index/scrape.rs b/package/src/index/scrape.rs
index e00d74382..b9e9cd224 100644
--- a/package/src/index/scrape.rs
+++ b/package/src/index/scrape.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 //! Tools for updating an index from a git repository.
-//!
-//! Given an org and a project name, we look for a github project at that location.
-//! We then look for all tags of the form v<semver>. For each such tag, we record
-//! a version of that package.
 
 use gix::ObjectId;
 use nickel_lang_git::Spec;
diff --git a/package/src/lib.rs b/package/src/lib.rs
index 8736b6a4a..454a5d70e 100644
--- a/package/src/lib.rs
+++ b/package/src/lib.rs
@@ -197,10 +197,6 @@ pub enum Precise {
 impl Precise {
     /// Where on the local filesystem can this package be found?
     ///
-    /// The `base` directory configures a common root for all local caches. In
-    /// normal usage this could be [`default_cache_dir`], but when testing or
-    /// vendoring packages it might be something else.
-    ///
     /// Note that the package might not actually be there yet, if it's a git or
     /// index package that hasn't been fetched.
     pub fn local_path(&self, config: &Config) -> PathBuf {