diff --git a/applets/usage.c b/applets/usage.c
index b86df330c..a3d302e1e 100644
--- a/applets/usage.c
+++ b/applets/usage.c
@@ -901,7 +901,6 @@ const char sed_usage[] =
 	"-e script\tadd the script to the commands to be executed\n"
 	"-f scriptfile\tadd the contents of script-file to the commands to be executed\n"
 	"-h\tdisplay this help message\n"
-	"-V\toutput version information and exit\n"
 	"\n"
 	"If no -e or -f is given, the first non-option argument is taken as the\n"
 	"sed script to interpret. All remaining arguments are names of input\n"
diff --git a/usage.c b/usage.c
index b86df330c..a3d302e1e 100644
--- a/usage.c
+++ b/usage.c
@@ -901,7 +901,6 @@ const char sed_usage[] =
 	"-e script\tadd the script to the commands to be executed\n"
 	"-f scriptfile\tadd the contents of script-file to the commands to be executed\n"
 	"-h\tdisplay this help message\n"
-	"-V\toutput version information and exit\n"
 	"\n"
 	"If no -e or -f is given, the first non-option argument is taken as the\n"
 	"sed script to interpret. All remaining arguments are names of input\n"