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@@ -1229,10 +1229,6 @@ profile
 
 Profile management.
 
-banned: an array of usernames and/or profile IDs of 'banned' profiles.
-        The site will reject any notices by these users -- they will
-        not be accepted at all. (Compare with blacklisted users above,
-        whose posts just won't show up in the public stream.)
 biolimit: max character length of bio; 0 means no limit; null means to use
           the site text limit default.