diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index bdd9254966d..913d980bae6 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ def rstrip(s):
 
 
 # Split a string into a list of space/tab-separated words
-# NB: split(s) is NOT the same as splitfields(s, ' ')!
 def split(s, sep=None, maxsplit=-1):
     """split(s [,sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings
 
diff --git a/Lib/stringold.py b/Lib/stringold.py
index dcc1143f9a0..2ee0ad950af 100644
--- a/Lib/stringold.py
+++ b/Lib/stringold.py
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ def rstrip(s):
 
 
 # Split a string into a list of space/tab-separated words
-# NB: split(s) is NOT the same as splitfields(s, ' ')!
 def split(s, sep=None, maxsplit=0):
     """split(str [,sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings