diff --git a/crates/consensus/consensus/src/lib.rs b/crates/consensus/consensus/src/lib.rs
index a267dfe902f..b3dfa30e61b 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/consensus/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/consensus/src/lib.rs
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ pub trait Consensus<B: Block>: HeaderValidator<B::Header> {
     /// Validate a block disregarding world state, i.e. things that can be checked before sender
     /// recovery and execution.
     ///
-    /// See the Yellow Paper sections 4.3.2 "Holistic Validity", 4.3.4 "Block Header Validity", and
-    /// 11.1 "Ommer Validation".
+    /// See the Yellow Paper sections 4.4.2 "Holistic Validity", 4.4.4 "Block Header Validity".
+    /// Note: Ommer Validation (previously section 11.1) has been deprecated since the Paris hard
+    /// fork transition to proof of stake.
     ///
     /// **This should not be called for the genesis block**.
     ///