diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 30193ee3459..b60dd79b7d6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -942,16 +942,6 @@ customize a prototype instance:
     >>> johns_account = default_account._replace(owner='John')
     >>> janes_account = default_account._replace(owner='Jane')
 
-Enumerated constants can be implemented with named tuples, but it is simpler
-and more efficient to use a simple :class:`~enum.Enum`:
-
-    >>> Status = namedtuple('Status', 'open pending closed')._make(range(3))
-    >>> Status.open, Status.pending, Status.closed
-    (0, 1, 2)
-    >>> from enum import Enum
-    >>> class Status(Enum):
-    ...     open, pending, closed = range(3)
-
 
 .. seealso::