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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2022 03:06:54 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Language reference: Remove duplicated text about iterable unpacking (GH-25212)
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Language reference: Remove duplicated text about iterable unpacking (GH-25212)

(cherry picked from commit 4f5d56f8f33196f5ed8ffad0ab2f012afda2f9b3)

Co-authored-by: Jiashuo Li <4003950+jiasli@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
index 79f4011307ed..5f9e8dc1791d 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@ square brackets, is recursively defined as follows.
 * If the target list is a single target with no trailing comma,
   optionally in parentheses, the object is assigned to that target.
 
-* Else: The object must be an iterable with the same number of
-  items as there are targets in the target list, and the items are assigned,
-  from left to right, to the corresponding targets.
+* Else:
 
   * If the target list contains one target prefixed with an asterisk, called a
     "starred" target: The object must be an iterable with at least as many items