diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst
index 18c83b1fda17b3..5dc09d0472d4ec 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions:
    dispatch>` :term:`generic function`.
 
    To define a generic method, decorate it with the ``@singledispatchmethod``
-   decorator. When defining a function using ``@singledispatchmethod``, note
+   decorator. When defining a method using ``@singledispatchmethod``, note
    that the dispatch happens on the type of the first non-*self* or non-*cls*
    argument::
 
diff --git a/Lib/functools.py b/Lib/functools.py
index 4c1175b815d6ec..0dee17e5bcde3d 100644
--- a/Lib/functools.py
+++ b/Lib/functools.py
@@ -947,8 +947,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kw):
 class singledispatchmethod:
     """Single-dispatch generic method descriptor.
 
-    Supports wrapping existing descriptors and handles non-descriptor
-    callables as instance methods.
+    Supports wrapping existing descriptors.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, func):