diff --git a/Lib/os.py b/Lib/os.py
index 643a7b2f581..12926c832f5 100644
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This exports:
   - os.extsep is the extension separator (always '.')
   - os.altsep is the alternate pathname separator (None or '/')
   - os.pathsep is the component separator used in $PATH etc
-  - os.linesep is the line separator in text files ('\r' or '\n' or '\r\n')
+  - os.linesep is the line separator in text files ('\n' or '\r\n')
   - os.defpath is the default search path for executables
   - os.devnull is the file path of the null device ('/dev/null', etc.)