diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/portforward/portforward.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/portforward/portforward.go
index a6c1bac8c01..71922bb9d23 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/portforward/portforward.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/portforward/portforward.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ type PortForwardOptions struct {
 
 var (
 	portforwardLong = templates.LongDesc(i18n.T(`
-                Forward one or more local ports to a pod. This command requires the node to have 'socat' installed.
+                Forward one or more local ports to a pod.
 
                 Use resource type/name such as deployment/mydeployment to select a pod. Resource type defaults to 'pod' if omitted.