diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-grep.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-grep.txt
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-grep API
-========
-
-Talk about <grep.h>, things like:
-
-* grep_buffer()
-
-(JC)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-object-access.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-object-access.txt
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-object access API
-=================
-
-Talk about <sha1-file.c> and <object.h> family, things like
-
-* read_sha1_file()
-* read_object_with_reference()
-* has_sha1_file()
-* write_sha1_file()
-* pretend_object_file()
-* lookup_{object,commit,tag,blob,tree}
-* parse_{object,commit,tag,blob,tree}
-* Use of object flags
-
-(JC, Shawn, Daniel, Dscho, Linus)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-quote.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-quote.txt
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-quote API
-=========
-
-Talk about <quote.h>, things like
-
-* sq_quote and unquote
-* c_style quote and unquote
-* quoting for foreign languages
-
-(JC)
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-xdiff interface API
-===================
-
-Talk about our calling convention to xdiff library, including
-xdiff_emit_consume_fn.
-
-(Dscho, JC)