diff --git a/docs/io.rst b/docs/io.rst
index 1df57519..90bb7c83 100644
--- a/docs/io.rst
+++ b/docs/io.rst
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ XML files
 
 .. autofunction:: petl.io.xml.fromxml
 
-For writing to an XML file, see :func:`petl.io.text.totext`.
-
 
 .. module:: petl.io.html
 .. _io_html: