diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index 134573464b9..451c1a8e277 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -273,11 +273,7 @@ module from which it is called).
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{input}{\optional{prompt}}
-  Almost equivalent to \code{eval(raw_input(\var{prompt}))}.  Like
-  \function{raw_input()}, the \var{prompt} argument is optional, and the
-  \module{readline} module is used when loaded.  The difference
-  is that a long input expression may be broken over multiple lines using
-  the backslash convention.
+  Equivalent to \code{eval(raw_input(\var{prompt}))}.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{intern}{string}