#18243: Remove obsolete cautionary note from email mktime_tz docs.
diff --git a/Doc/library/email.util.rst b/Doc/library/email.util.rst
index f75975e..219e284 100644
--- a/Doc/library/email.util.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/email.util.rst
@@ -98,12 +98,9 @@
.. function:: mktime_tz(tuple)
- Turn a 10-tuple as returned by :func:`parsedate_tz` into a UTC timestamp. It
- the timezone item in the tuple is ``None``, assume local time. Minor
- deficiency: :func:`mktime_tz` interprets the first 8 elements of *tuple* as a
- local time and then compensates for the timezone difference. This may yield a
- slight error around changes in daylight savings time, though not worth worrying
- about for common use.
+ Turn a 10-tuple as returned by :func:`parsedate_tz` into a UTC
+ timestamp (seconds since the Epoch). If the timezone item in the
+ tuple is ``None``, assume local time.
.. function:: formatdate(timeval=None, localtime=False, usegmt=False)
@@ -210,4 +207,3 @@
.. [#] Note that the sign of the timezone offset is the opposite of the sign of the
``time.timezone`` variable for the same timezone; the latter variable follows
the POSIX standard while this module follows :rfc:`2822`.
-