diff --git a/Doc/api/api.tex b/Doc/api/api.tex
index 6b4786cdbfb..64feded831f 100644
--- a/Doc/api/api.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/api.tex
@@ -866,7 +866,6 @@ subsequent arguments are converted to output by the C library's
 \cfunction{vsprintf()} function.  The buffer used internally by
 PyErr_Format is 500 bytes long.  The caller is responsible for
 guaranteeing that the formatted output does not overflow the buffer.
-The return value is always \NULL{}.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_SetNone}{PyObject *type}