diff --git a/Lib/http/client.py b/Lib/http/client.py
index 0cce49cadc09fa..425d9bdad8cdb5 100644
--- a/Lib/http/client.py
+++ b/Lib/http/client.py
@@ -1391,8 +1391,7 @@ def getresponse(self):
         """Get the response from the server.
 
         If the HTTPConnection is in the correct state, returns an
-        instance of HTTPResponse or of whatever object is returned by
-        the response_class variable.
+        instance of HTTPResponse.
 
         If a request has not been sent or if a previous response has
         not be handled, ResponseNotReady is raised.  If the HTTP