diff --git a/documentation/formatters.md b/documentation/formatters.md
index d891ce8..2304b9a 100644
--- a/documentation/formatters.md
+++ b/documentation/formatters.md
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ If we map the _input_ for each method to the example file, it looks like this
 As stated at the beginning, the output produced by a formatter depends on the formatter. The output of the Apple formatter would for example be
 
 ```
-/**
- * Apple Strings File
- * Generated by Twine
- * Language: en
- */
-
 /********** General **********/
 
 "yes" = "Yes";
diff --git a/lib/twine/formatters/apple.rb b/lib/twine/formatters/apple.rb
index 9220a26..8aa8623 100644
--- a/lib/twine/formatters/apple.rb
+++ b/lib/twine/formatters/apple.rb
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ module Twine
         end
       end
 
-      def format_header(lang)
-        "/**\n * Apple Strings File\n * Generated by Twine\n * Language: #{lang}\n */"
-      end
-
       def format_section_header(section)
         "/********** #{section.name} **********/\n"
       end
diff --git a/lib/twine/formatters/apple_plural.rb b/lib/twine/formatters/apple_plural.rb
index 3b0f7d7..f37f47f 100644
--- a/lib/twine/formatters/apple_plural.rb
+++ b/lib/twine/formatters/apple_plural.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ module Twine
       def format_header(lang)
         header =  "<\?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"\?>\n"
         header += "<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\" \"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\">\n"
-        header += "<!--\n * Apple Stringsdict File\n * Generated by Twine\n * Language: #{lang} -->\n"
         header += "<plist version=\"1.0\">\n<dict>"
       end
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/formatter_apple.strings b/test/fixtures/formatter_apple.strings
index 5c4da84..5884aae 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/formatter_apple.strings
+++ b/test/fixtures/formatter_apple.strings
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-/**
- * Apple Strings File
- * Generated by Twine
- * Language: en
- */
-
 /********** Section 1 **********/
 
 /* comment key1 */