diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index f7eca2aa847..75424162a48 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@ A function definition defines a user-defined function object (see section
           : ["->" `expression`] ":" `suite`
    decorators: `decorator`+
    decorator: "@" `assignment_expression` NEWLINE
-   dotted_name: `identifier` ("." `identifier`)*
    parameter_list: `defparameter` ("," `defparameter`)* "," "/" ["," [`parameter_list_no_posonly`]]
                  :   | `parameter_list_no_posonly`
    parameter_list_no_posonly: `defparameter` ("," `defparameter`)* ["," [`parameter_list_starargs`]]