From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 07:14:47 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Issue #18031:  %-formatting isn't dead yet and might pull through.
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Issue #18031:  %-formatting isn't dead yet and might pull through.
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
index ef22459ddb..744abab988 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
@@ -213,10 +213,6 @@ operation. For example::
    >>> print('The value of PI is approximately %5.3f.' % math.pi)
    The value of PI is approximately 3.142.
 
-Since :meth:`str.format` is quite new, a lot of Python code still uses the ``%``
-operator. However, because this old style of formatting will eventually be
-removed from the language, :meth:`str.format` should generally be used.
-
 More information can be found in the :ref:`old-string-formatting` section.