diff --git a/specification/common/conref-attribute.dita b/specification/common/conref-attribute.dita
index 856e14b9..8c42598b 100644
--- a/specification/common/conref-attribute.dita
+++ b/specification/common/conref-attribute.dita
@@ -188,9 +188,6 @@
                                                 <xref keyref="attributes-common/attr-keyref"
                                                   ><xmlatt>keyref</xmlatt></xref>, and <ph
                                                 conkeyref="reuse-attributes/ref-linkatts"/>.</p>
-        <p id="attr-exception-authortype" outputclass="attr-exception">For
-          this element, the <xmlatt>type</xmlatt> attribute specifies the
-          type of author.</p>
                         </div><div id="standard-topicref-attributes" platform="dita">
                                 <p>The following attributes are available on this element: <ph
                                                 conkeyref="reuse-attributes/ref-universalatts"/>,