diff --git a/yt/funcs.py b/yt/funcs.py
index 0790940d317..5bde37960a2 100644
--- a/yt/funcs.py
+++ b/yt/funcs.py
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ def run_func(*args, **kwargs):
 def rootonly(func):
     """
     This is a decorator that, when used, will only call the function on the
-    root processor and then broadcast the results of the function to all other
-    processors.
+    root processor.
 
     This can be used like so: