diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
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@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   What's New In Python 3.3
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-:Author: Raymond Hettinger
 :Release: |release|
 :Date: |today|