diff --git a/src/index/git_remote.rs b/src/index/git_remote.rs
index 15cf307..76e701d 100644
--- a/src/index/git_remote.rs
+++ b/src/index/git_remote.rs
@@ -20,15 +20,6 @@ impl RemoteGitIndex {
     ///
     /// Note that if a repository does not exist at the local disk path of the
     /// provided [`GitIndex`], a full clone will be performed.
-    ///
-    /// ## Locking
-    /// This function will wait to aquire the lock on the local directory for up to 10 minutes,
-    /// and then return `GitError::Lock` if it is still locked by another thread or process.
-    /// You can customize this behavior using [`Self::with_options`].
-    ///
-    /// Regardless of the timeout, this function relies on `panic = unwind` to avoid leaving stale locks
-    /// if the process is interrupted with Ctrl+C. To support `panic = abort` you also need to register
-    /// the `gix` signal handler to clean up the locks, see [`gix::interrupt::init_handler`].
     #[inline]
     pub fn new(index: GitIndex, lock: &FileLock) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         Self::with_options(
@@ -50,10 +41,6 @@ impl RemoteGitIndex {
     /// Creates a new [`Self`] that allows showing of progress of the the potential
     /// fetch if the disk location is empty, as well as allowing interruption
     /// of the fetch operation.
-    ///
-    /// Regardless of the `lock_policy`, this function relies on `panic = unwind` to avoid leaving stale locks
-    /// if the process is interrupted with Ctrl+C. To support `panic = abort` you also need to register
-    /// a signal handler that sets `should_interrupt` to `true`.
     pub fn with_options<P>(
         mut index: GitIndex,
         progress: P,