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@@ -5,8 +5,5 @@ Backport module of [sys.audit](https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/sys.html#sys.
 and [sys.addaudithook](https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/sys.html#sys.addaudithook)
 from Python 3.8.
 
-This module provides the audit hooking mechanisms and some helpers to help
-library developers usage of `sys.audit`.
-
 **Note:** This module does _not_ backport any of the built-in
 [audit events](https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/audit_events.html#audit-events).