diff --git a/include/SDL3/SDL_init.h b/include/SDL3/SDL_init.h
index adf0de8a21..27ebe4b0ed 100644
--- a/include/SDL3/SDL_init.h
+++ b/include/SDL3/SDL_init.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ typedef Uint32 SDL_InitFlags;
 
 #define SDL_INIT_AUDIO      0x00000010u /**< `SDL_INIT_AUDIO` implies `SDL_INIT_EVENTS` */
 #define SDL_INIT_VIDEO      0x00000020u /**< `SDL_INIT_VIDEO` implies `SDL_INIT_EVENTS`, should be initialized on the main thread */
-#define SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK   0x00000200u /**< `SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK` implies `SDL_INIT_EVENTS`, should be initialized on the same thread as SDL_INIT_VIDEO on Windows if you don't set SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_THREAD */
+#define SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK   0x00000200u /**< `SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK` implies `SDL_INIT_EVENTS` */
 #define SDL_INIT_HAPTIC     0x00001000u
 #define SDL_INIT_GAMEPAD    0x00002000u /**< `SDL_INIT_GAMEPAD` implies `SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK` */
 #define SDL_INIT_EVENTS     0x00004000u