diff --git a/Lib/warnings.py b/Lib/warnings.py
index f20b01372dd7a4..13ad6c8aacbb7f 100644
--- a/Lib/warnings.py
+++ b/Lib/warnings.py
@@ -473,9 +473,6 @@ def __init__(self, *, record=False, module=None,
         """Specify whether to record warnings and if an alternative module
         should be used other than sys.modules['warnings'].
 
-        For compatibility with Python 3.0, please consider all arguments to be
-        keyword-only.
-
         """
         self._record = record
         self._module = sys.modules['warnings'] if module is None else module