#2567: remove new-style/old-style class docs.
diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index 5b590ce..d60ee56f 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -577,9 +577,8 @@
variables are accessible through the notation "``self.name``", and an instance
variable hides a class variable with the same name when accessed in this way.
Class variables can be used as defaults for instance variables, but using
-mutable values there can lead to unexpected results. For :term:`new-style
-class`\es, descriptors can be used to create instance variables with different
-implementation details.
+mutable values there can lead to unexpected results. Descriptors can be used
+to create instance variables with different implementation details.
.. XXX add link to descriptor docs above