diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.rst
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
     The `Requests package <http://requests.readthedocs.org/>`_
     is recommended for a higher-level HTTP client interface.
 
-.. warning:: When opening HTTPS URLs, it does not attempt to validate the
-   server certificate.  Use at your own risk!
-
 
 High-level interface
 --------------------