diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 1a6155e8db..0080364e4f 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -11694,8 +11694,7 @@
                     or
                     <link linkend='ref-classes-setuptools'><filename>setuptools</filename></link>
                     classes, specifies the major Python version being built.
-                    For Python 2.x, <filename>PYTHON_PN</filename> would
-                    be "python2".  For Python 3.x, the variable would be
+                    For Python 3.x, <filename>PYTHON_PN</filename> would be
                     "python3".
                     You do not have to set this variable as the
                     OpenEmbedded build system automatically sets it for you.