From: Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:47:13 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Issue #22006: Remove outdated thread module caveat.  Thanks Dan O'Reilly for the... 
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Issue #22006: Remove outdated thread module caveat.  Thanks Dan O'Reilly for the report.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/thread.rst b/Doc/library/thread.rst
index 15859d1f26..8a625f8a5b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/thread.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/thread.rst
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ In addition to these methods, lock objects can also be used via the
 * Calling :func:`sys.exit` or raising the :exc:`SystemExit` exception is
   equivalent to calling :func:`thread.exit`.
 
-* Not all built-in functions that may block waiting for I/O allow other threads
-  to run.  (The most popular ones (:func:`time.sleep`, :meth:`file.read`,
-  :func:`select.select`) work as expected.)
-
 * It is not possible to interrupt the :meth:`acquire` method on a lock --- the
   :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` exception will happen after the lock has been acquired.