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

diff --git a/Doc/library/hmac.rst b/Doc/library/hmac.rst
index b91aebd163fcb31b5575a5c6ec3fde650c77d19a..b2bd98dfc7cd7e4c8d0d4d405f011154853d73e3 100644 (file)
--- 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: