diff --git a/Doc/library/commands.rst b/Doc/library/commands.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 79e3d73..0000000
--- a/Doc/library/commands.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-
-:mod:`commands` --- Utilities for running commands
-==================================================
-
-.. module:: commands
-   :platform: Unix
-   :synopsis: Utility functions for running external commands.
-.. sectionauthor:: Sue Williams <sbw@provis.com>
-
-
-The :mod:`commands` module contains wrapper functions for :func:`os.popen` which
-take a system command as a string and return any output generated by the command
-and, optionally, the exit status.
-
-The :mod:`subprocess` module provides more powerful facilities for spawning new
-processes and retrieving their results.  Using the :mod:`subprocess` module is
-preferable to using the :mod:`commands` module.
-
-The :mod:`commands` module defines the following functions:
-
-
-.. function:: getstatusoutput(cmd)
-
-   Execute the string *cmd* in a shell with :func:`os.popen` and return a 2-tuple
-   ``(status, output)``.  *cmd* is actually run as ``{ cmd ; } 2>&1``, so that the
-   returned output will contain output or error messages. A trailing newline is
-   stripped from the output. The exit status for the command can be interpreted
-   according to the rules for the C function :cfunc:`wait`.
-
-
-.. function:: getoutput(cmd)
-
-   Like :func:`getstatusoutput`, except the exit status is ignored and the return
-   value is a string containing the command's output.
-
-Example::
-
-   >>> import commands
-   >>> commands.getstatusoutput('ls /bin/ls')
-   (0, '/bin/ls')
-   >>> commands.getstatusoutput('cat /bin/junk')
-   (256, 'cat: /bin/junk: No such file or directory')
-   >>> commands.getstatusoutput('/bin/junk')
-   (256, 'sh: /bin/junk: not found')
-   >>> commands.getoutput('ls /bin/ls')
-   '/bin/ls'
-
-
-.. seealso::
-
-   Module :mod:`subprocess`
-      Module for spawning and managing subprocesses.
-
diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index b08b4ef..38f4063 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
    os.system
    os.spawn*
-   commands.*
 
 Information about how the :mod:`subprocess` module can be used to replace these
 modules and functions can be found in the following sections.
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@
 Convenience Functions
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-This module also defines two shortcut functions:
+This module also defines four shortcut functions:
 
 
 .. function:: call(*popenargs, **kwargs)
@@ -138,6 +137,35 @@
       check_call(["ls", "-l"])
 
 
+.. function:: getstatusoutput(cmd)
+   Return ``(status, output)`` of executing *cmd* in a shell.
+
+   Execute the string *cmd* in a shell with :func:`os.popen` and return a 2-tuple
+   ``(status, output)``.  *cmd* is actually run as ``{ cmd ; } 2>&1``, so that the
+   returned output will contain output or error messages.  A trailing newline is
+   stripped from the output.  The exit status for the command can be interpreted
+   according to the rules for the C function :cfunc:`wait`.  Example::
+
+      >>> import subprocess
+      >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('ls /bin/ls')
+      (0, '/bin/ls')
+      >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('cat /bin/junk')
+      (256, 'cat: /bin/junk: No such file or directory')
+      >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('/bin/junk')
+      (256, 'sh: /bin/junk: not found')
+
+
+.. function:: getoutput(cmd)
+   Return output ``(stdout or stderr)`` of executing *cmd* in a shell.
+
+   Like :func:`getstatusoutput`, except the exit status is ignored and the return
+   value is a string containing the command's output.  Example::
+
+      >>> import subprocess
+      >>> subprocess.getoutput('ls /bin/ls')
+      '/bin/ls'
+
+
 Exceptions
 ^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/unix.rst b/Doc/library/unix.rst
index 1b1592e..7cb54c2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unix.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unix.rst
@@ -25,4 +25,3 @@
    resource.rst
    nis.rst
    syslog.rst
-   commands.rst