diff --git a/adoc/chapters/programming_interface.adoc b/adoc/chapters/programming_interface.adoc
index c7e06bd0..8176aeb9 100644
--- a/adoc/chapters/programming_interface.adoc
+++ b/adoc/chapters/programming_interface.adoc
@@ -3794,9 +3794,7 @@ event()
       Waiting on this [code]#event# will return immediately and querying
       its status will return [code]#info::event_command_status::complete#.
 
-The event is constructed as though it was created from a default-constructed
-[code]#queue#.  Therefore, its backend is the same as the backend from the
-default device.
+The backend that is associated with this event is implementation defined.
 
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