Update doc for BlockingIOError and its alias in the io module
diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst
index 76c856e..86faa58 100644
--- a/Doc/library/io.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/io.rst
@@ -109,16 +109,8 @@
 
 .. exception:: BlockingIOError
 
-   Error raised when blocking would occur on a non-blocking stream.  It inherits
-   :exc:`IOError`.
-
-   In addition to those of :exc:`IOError`, :exc:`BlockingIOError` has one
-   attribute:
-
-   .. attribute:: characters_written
-
-      An integer containing the number of characters written to the stream
-      before it blocked.
+   This is a compatibility alias for the builtin :exc:`BlockingIOError`
+   exception.
 
 
 .. exception:: UnsupportedOperation