diff --git a/gemini.go b/gemini.go
index 0e56231..add3f85 100644
--- a/gemini.go
+++ b/gemini.go
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ var (
 	// when the response status code does not permit a body.
 	ErrBodyNotAllowed = errors.New("gemini: response status code does not allow body")
 
-	// ErrHandlerTimeout is returned on ResponseWriter Write calls
-	// in handlers which have timed out.
-	ErrHandlerTimeout = errors.New("gemini: Handler timeout")
-
 	// ErrHijacked is returned by ResponseWriter.Write calls when
 	// the underlying connection has been hijacked using the
 	// Hijacker interface. A zero-byte write on a hijacked
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 562f789..c05a066 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ func StripPrefix(prefix string, h Handler) Handler {
 //
 // The new Handler calls h.ServeGemini to handle each request, but
 // if a call runs for longer than its time limit, the handler responds with a
-// 40 Temporary Failure error. After such a timeout, writes by h to its
-// ResponseWriter will return ErrHandlerTimeout.
+// 40 Temporary Failure error.
 func TimeoutHandler(h Handler, dt time.Duration) Handler {
 	return &timeoutHandler{
 		h:  h,