diff --git a/Lib/http/cookies.py b/Lib/http/cookies.py
index 4a44db8..b2e995c 100644
--- a/Lib/http/cookies.py
+++ b/Lib/http/cookies.py
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@
     In a cookie, each such pair may have several attributes, so this class is
     used to keep the attributes associated with the appropriate key,value pair.
     This class also includes a coded_value attribute, which is used to hold
-    the network representation of the value.  This is most useful when Python
-    objects are pickled for network transit.
+    the network representation of the value.
     """
     # RFC 2109 lists these attributes as reserved:
     #   path       comment         domain