diff --git a/man/virt-install.pod b/man/virt-install.pod
index c042be2a3..c2c8378cc 100644
--- a/man/virt-install.pod
+++ b/man/virt-install.pod
@@ -298,10 +298,6 @@ ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/mandrake/official/2009.0/i586/
 
 ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/1
 
-=item ALT Linux
-
-ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/
-
 =back
 
 =item  --pxe
diff --git a/virtinst/urlfetcher.py b/virtinst/urlfetcher.py
index e8e38f66d..a60abdad1 100644
--- a/virtinst/urlfetcher.py
+++ b/virtinst/urlfetcher.py
@@ -952,6 +952,8 @@ class MandrivaDistro(Distro):
 
 
 class ALTLinuxDistro(Distro):
+    # altlinux doesn't have installable URLs, so this is just for a
+    # mounted ISO
     name = "ALT Linux"
     urldistro = "altlinux"
     os_variant = "linux"