pydoc.pager does not promise to use $PAGER.
diff --git a/Doc/library/pdb.rst b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
index 9d57bbc..d8dc366 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pdb.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
@@ -207,10 +207,9 @@
Without argument, print the list of available commands. With a *command* as
argument, print help about that command. ``help pdb`` displays the full
- documentation (the docstring of the :mod:`pdb` module); if the environment
- variable :envvar:`PAGER` is defined, the string is piped through that command
- instead. Since the *command* argument must be an identifier, ``help exec``
- must be entered to get help on the ``!`` command.
+ documentation (the docstring of the :mod:`pdb` module). Since the *command*
+ argument must be an identifier, ``help exec`` must be entered to get help on
+ the ``!`` command.
.. pdbcommand:: w(here)