diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
index 54df4a7e804d50..02016c789b24b4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
@@ -429,8 +429,7 @@ instantiation, of which this module provides three different variants:
       ``'Last-Modified:'`` header with the file's modification time.
 
       Then follows a blank line signifying the end of the headers, and then the
-      contents of the file are output. If the file's MIME type starts with
-      ``text/`` the file is opened in text mode; otherwise binary mode is used.
+      contents of the file are output.
 
       For example usage, see the implementation of the ``test`` function
       in :source:`Lib/http/server.py`.