diff -r 30e2503f1aa2 -r ce4bf91331e7 src/Doc/System/Basics.thy
--- a/src/Doc/System/Basics.thy	Mon Jan 06 17:47:44 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/Doc/System/Basics.thy	Mon Jan 06 19:42:52 2014 +0100
@@ -101,14 +101,10 @@
   before --- usually to something like @{verbatim
   "$USER_HOME/.isabelle/IsabelleXXXX"}.
   
-  Thus individual users may override the site-wide defaults.  See also
-  file @{file "$ISABELLE_HOME/etc/user-settings.sample"} in the
-  distribution.  Typically, a user settings file would contain only a
-  few lines, just the assigments that are really changed.  One should
-  definitely \emph{not} start with a full copy the basic @{file
-  "$ISABELLE_HOME/etc/settings"}. This could cause very annoying
-  maintainance problems later, when the Isabelle installation is
-  updated or changed otherwise.
+  Thus individual users may override the site-wide defaults.
+  Typically, a user settings file contains only a few lines, with some
+  assignments that are actually changed.  Never copy the central
+  @{file "$ISABELLE_HOME/etc/settings"} file!
   
   \end{enumerate}