diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/lines.py b/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
index f9ffc1b46332..bfa898fc36ad 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
@@ -1156,9 +1156,6 @@ def set_linestyle(self, ls):
               ``'None'`` or ``' '`` or ``''``   draw nothing
               ===============================   =================
 
-              Optionally, the string may be preceded by a drawstyle, e.g.
-              ``'steps--'``. See :meth:`set_drawstyle` for details.
-
             - Alternatively a dash tuple of the following form can be
               provided::