#7404: remove reference to non-existing example files.
diff --git a/Doc/library/optparse.rst b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
index 5ac11c3..9b39869 100644
--- a/Doc/library/optparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
@@ -157,9 +157,7 @@
an option that must be supplied on the command-line; note that the phrase
"required option" is self-contradictory in English. :mod:`optparse` doesn't
prevent you from implementing required options, but doesn't give you much
- help at it either. See ``examples/required_1.py`` and
- ``examples/required_2.py`` in the :mod:`optparse` source distribution for two
- ways to implement required options with :mod:`optparse`.
+ help at it either.
For example, consider this hypothetical command-line::