diff --git a/src/doc/avrdude.texi b/src/doc/avrdude.texi
index 6c1be640b..383aedc67 100644
--- a/src/doc/avrdude.texi
+++ b/src/doc/avrdude.texi
@@ -4643,31 +4643,10 @@ Windows serial port device names such as: com1, com2, etc.
 @cindex Windows parallel ports
 
 @noindent
-AVRDUDE will accept 3 Windows parallel port names: lpt1, lpt2, or
-lpt3.  Each of these names corresponds to a fixed parallel port base
-address:
-
-@table @code
-@item lpt1
-0x378
-
-@item lpt2
-0x278
-
-@item lpt3
-0x3BC
-
-@end table
-
-On your desktop PC, lpt1 will be the most common choice. If you are
-using a laptop, you might have to use lpt3 instead of lpt1. Select the
-name of the port the corresponds to the base address of the parallel
-port that you want.
-
-If the parallel port can be accessed through a different
-address, this address can be specified directly, using the common C
-language notation (i. e., hexadecimal values are prefixed by @code{0x}).
+AVRDUDE does not support parallel ports on Windows.
 
+If you need to run AVRDUDE using programmer on a parallel port,
+you will need to try one of the BSDs or Linux.
 
 @ignore
 @c