diff --git a/docs/features/responsestreaming.rst b/docs/features/responsestreaming.rst
index 8975c1f80..9dc27bf48 100644
--- a/docs/features/responsestreaming.rst
+++ b/docs/features/responsestreaming.rst
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ Implementation Details
 ----------------------
 
 When response streaming is enabled, portions of the code which would have otherwise performed
-changes on the response body will see an empty response body instead
-(:py:data:`netlib.http.CONTENT_MISSING`). Any modifications will be ignored.
+changes on the response body will see an empty response body. Any modifications will be ignored.
 
 Streamed responses are usually sent in chunks of 4096 bytes. If the response is sent with a
 ``Transfer-Encoding: chunked`` header, the response will be streamed one chunk at a time.