diff --git a/Doc/library/csv.rst b/Doc/library/csv.rst
index 896b027..407efd0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/csv.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/csv.rst
@@ -167,13 +167,12 @@
    Create an object which operates like a regular reader but maps the information
    read into a dict whose keys are given by the optional  *fieldnames* parameter.
    If the *fieldnames* parameter is omitted, the values in the first row of the
-   *csvfile* will be used as the fieldnames. If the row read has fewer fields than
-   the fieldnames sequence, the value of *restval* will be used as the default
-   value.  If the row read has more fields than the fieldnames sequence, the
-   remaining data is added as a sequence keyed by the value of *restkey*.  If the
-   row read has fewer fields than the fieldnames sequence, the remaining keys take
-   the value of the optional *restval* parameter.  Any other optional or keyword
-   arguments are passed to the underlying :class:`reader` instance.
+   *csvfile* will be used as the fieldnames.  If the row read has more fields
+   than the fieldnames sequence, the remaining data is added as a sequence
+   keyed by the value of *restkey*.  If the row read has fewer fields than the
+   fieldnames sequence, the remaining keys take the value of the optional
+   *restval* parameter.  Any other optional or keyword arguments are passed to
+   the underlying :class:`reader` instance.
 
 
 .. class:: DictWriter(csvfile, fieldnames[, restval=''[, extrasaction='raise'[, dialect='excel'[, *args, **kwds]]]])