diff --git a/mininet/node.py b/mininet/node.py
index 299433a683b7f5bbc27ca44b2b9dfbfeedb6ea73..d1900a98c5b10df432a117faf41b3292d3e0f9e7 100644
--- a/mininet/node.py
+++ b/mininet/node.py
@@ -11,16 +11,13 @@
     may be sent using Cmd (which waits for output), or using sendCmd(),
     which returns immediately, allowing subsequent monitoring using
     monitor(). Examples of how to run experiments using this
-    functionality are provided in the examples/ directory.
+    functionality are provided in the examples/ directory. By default,
+    hosts share the root file system, but they may also specify private
+    directories.
 
 CPULimitedHost: a virtual host whose CPU bandwidth is limited by
     RT or CFS bandwidth limiting.
 
-HostWithPrivateDirs: a virtual host that has user-specified private
-    directories. These may be temporary directories stored as a tmpfs,
-    or persistent directories that are mounted from another directory in
-    the root filesystem.
-
 Switch: superclass for switch nodes.
 
 UserSwitch: a switch using the user-space switch from the OpenFlow