#5212: md5 weaknesses do not affect hmac, so remove the note about that.

birkenfeld · birkenfeld · commit 531d76b0962c · 2010-10-17T10:09:06.000Z
diff --git a/Doc/library/hmac.rst b/Doc/library/hmac.rst
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ This module implements the HMAC algorithm as described by :rfc:`2104`.
    the digest constructor or module for the HMAC object to use. It defaults to
    the :func:`hashlib.md5` constructor.
 
-   .. note::
-
-      The md5 hash has known weaknesses but remains the default for backwards
-      compatibility.  Choose a better one for your application.
-
 
 An HMAC object has the following methods:
 
