diff --git a/Lib/contextlib.py b/Lib/contextlib.py
index 82adcd3..bffa0c4 100644
--- a/Lib/contextlib.py
+++ b/Lib/contextlib.py
@@ -87,19 +87,17 @@
 
 @contextmanager
 def nested(*managers):
-    """Support multiple context managers in a single with-statement.
+    """Combine multiple context managers into a single nested context manager.
 
-    Code like this:
+   This function has been deprecated in favour of the multiple manager form
+   of the with statement.
 
-        with nested(A, B, C) as (X, Y, Z):
-            <body>
+   The one advantage of this function over the multiple manager form of the
+   with statement is that argument unpacking allows it to be
+   used with a variable number of context managers as follows:
 
-    is equivalent to this:
-
-        with A as X:
-            with B as Y:
-                with C as Z:
-                    <body>
+      with nested(*managers):
+          do_something()
 
     """
     warn("With-statements now directly support multiple context managers",