diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkcheckmenuitem.sgml b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkcheckmenuitem.sgml
index 51ddf14584..5c93084197 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkcheckmenuitem.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkcheckmenuitem.sgml
@@ -30,20 +30,8 @@ toggles the value.
 
 <!-- ##### STRUCT GtkCheckMenuItem ##### -->
 <para>
-The #GtkCheckMenuItem-struct struct contains the following fields.
-(These fields should be considered read-only. They should never be set by
-an application.)
-
-<informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="struct">
-<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colwidth="2*"/><colspec colwidth="8*"/>
-<tbody>
-
-<row>
-<entry>#guint active;</entry>
-<entry>TRUE if the check box is active.</entry>
-</row>
-
-</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+The #GtkCheckMenuItem-struct struct contains only private fields that
+should not be directly accessed.
 </para>
 
 
@@ -53,8 +41,8 @@ This signal is emitted when the state of the check box is changed.
 </para>
 
 <para>
-A signal handler can examine the <structfield>active</structfield> 
-field of the #GtkCheckMenuItem-struct struct to discover the new state.
+A signal handler can use gtk_check_menu_item_get_active()
+to discover the new state.
 </para>
 
 @checkmenuitem: the object which received the signal.