diff -Naurd alsa-utils-1.0.24.2.orig/alsactl/alsactl.c alsa-utils-1.0.24.2/alsactl/alsactl.c
--- alsa-utils-1.0.24.2.orig/alsactl/alsactl.c	2011-01-31 15:19:55.000000000 +0100
+++ alsa-utils-1.0.24.2/alsactl/alsactl.c	2012-02-06 13:21:27.144746908 +0100
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@
 	printf("  restore <card #> load current driver setup for one or each soundcards\n");
 	printf("                   from configuration file\n");
 	printf("  init	  <card #> initialize driver to a default state\n");
-	printf("  names   <card #> dump information about all the known present (sub-)devices\n");
-	printf("                   into configuration file (DEPRECATED)\n");
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])