diff --git a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
index aad5b0ca98f..44dbda9551e 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
@@ -544,8 +544,7 @@ Notes:
       Support for name aliases [#]_ has been added.
 
 (5)
-   Individual code units which form parts of a surrogate pair can be encoded using
-   this escape sequence.  Exactly four hex digits are required.
+   Exactly four hex digits are required.
 
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    Any Unicode character can be encoded this way.  Exactly eight hex digits