diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index 35f785cc8a9..a3721224d85 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -929,14 +929,6 @@ functions now return a list of named tuples.
 (Contributed by Daniel Shahaf in :issue:`16808`.)
 
 
-io
---
-
-The :class:`~io.FileIO` class has been implemented in Python which makes
-the C implementation of the :mod:`io` module entirely optional.
-(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`21859`.)
-
-
 ipaddress
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