diff --git a/scrapy/templates/project/module/spiders/__init__.py b/scrapy/templates/project/module/spiders/__init__.py
index c930799c0..ebd689ac5 100644
--- a/scrapy/templates/project/module/spiders/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/templates/project/module/spiders/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 # This package will contain the spiders of your Scrapy project
 #
-# To create the first spider for your project use this command:
-#
-#   scrapy genspider myspider myspider-domain.com
-#
-# For more info see:
-# http://doc.scrapy.org/topics/spiders.html
+# Please refer to the documentation for information on how to create and manage
+# your spiders.