diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/editor-intf.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/editor-intf.scrbl
index 0d59d2fd1f..b792f6200f 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/editor-intf.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/editor-intf.scrbl
@@ -457,11 +457,6 @@ Returns the name of a style to be used for newly inserted text,
 }
 
 
-@defmethod[(do-copy) void?]{
-
-See @xmethod[text% do-copy] or @xmethod[pasteboard% do-copy].}
-
-
 @defmethod[(do-edit-operation [op (or/c 'undo 'redo 'clear 'cut 'copy 'paste 
                                         'kill 'select-all 'insert-text-box 
                                         'insert-pasteboard-box 'insert-image)]
@@ -499,16 +494,6 @@ See @|timediscuss| for a discussion of the @scheme[time] argument. If
 }
 
 
-@defmethod[(do-paste) void?]{
-
-See @xmethod[text% do-paste] or @xmethod[pasteboard% do-paste].}
-
-
-@defmethod[(do-paste-x-selection) void?]{
-
-See @xmethod[text% do-paste-x-selection] or @xmethod[pasteboard% do-paste-x-selection].}
-
-
 @defmethod[(editor-location-to-dc-location [x real?]
                                            [y real?])
            (values real? real?)]{
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/pasteboard-class.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/pasteboard-class.scrbl
index 317d653e19..daec36d894 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/pasteboard-class.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/pasteboard-class.scrbl
@@ -499,8 +499,7 @@ Deletes @scheme[snip] when provided, or deletes the currently selected
 }
 
 
-@defmethod[#:mode override 
-           (do-copy [time exact-integer?]
+@defmethod[(do-copy [time exact-integer?]
                     [extend? any/c])
            void?]{
 
@@ -524,8 +523,7 @@ Copies the current selection, extending the current clipboard contexts
 }}
 
 
-@defmethod[#:mode override
-           (do-paste [time exact-integer?])
+@defmethod[(do-paste [time exact-integer?])
            void?]{
 @methspec{
 
@@ -546,8 +544,7 @@ Pastes.
 }}
 
 
-@defmethod[#:mode override
-           (do-paste-x-selection [time exact-integer?])
+@defmethod[(do-paste-x-selection [time exact-integer?])
            void?]{
 @methspec{
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/text-class.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/text-class.scrbl
index 13a45fdbf3..2d9d161da3 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/text-class.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/text-class.scrbl
@@ -422,8 +422,7 @@ Deletes the specified range or the currently selected text (when no
 
 }
 
-@defmethod[#:mode override
-           (do-copy [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
+@defmethod[(do-copy [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
                     [end exact-nonnegative-integer?]
                     [time exact-integer?]
                     [extend? any/c])
@@ -447,8 +446,7 @@ Copy the data from @scheme[start] to @scheme[end], extending the current
 }}
 
 
-@defmethod[#:mode override
-           (do-paste [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
+@defmethod[(do-paste [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
                      [time exact-integer?])
            void?]{
 @methspec{
@@ -469,8 +467,7 @@ Pastes into the @techlink{position} @scheme[start].
 }}
 
 
-@defmethod[#:mode override
-           (do-paste-x-selection [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
+@defmethod[(do-paste-x-selection [start exact-nonnegative-integer?]
                                  [time exact-integer?])
            void?]{
 @methspec{