diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
index 97e9cdfeb09..b95a43c853c 100644
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst
@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@ approximately 32,000 characters. Your administrator will need to activate the
 to ``1``.
 
 This allows the :func:`open` function, the :mod:`os` module and most other
-path functionality to accept and return paths longer than 260 characters when
-using strings. (Use of bytes as paths is deprecated on Windows, and this feature
-is not available when using bytes.)
+path functionality to accept and return paths longer than 260 characters.
 
 After changing the above option, no further configuration is required.