diff --git a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
index 33d11ebb35022..aa07f64b67859 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
@@ -1437,8 +1437,6 @@ pub trait BufRead: Read {
     ///
     /// If successful, this function will return the total number of bytes read.
     ///
-    /// An empty buffer returned indicates that the stream has reached EOF.
-    ///
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// This function will ignore all instances of [`ErrorKind::Interrupted`] and