diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.rst b/Doc/library/curses.rst
index 7e155079fdb6ca..35fa4c415f3c4b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/curses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/curses.rst
@@ -1328,7 +1328,6 @@ The :mod:`curses` module defines the following data members:
 
 
 .. data:: version
-.. data:: __version__
 
    A bytes object representing the current version of the module.