diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
index e1642a013a7568..01a1713dadca32 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.md
+++ b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -955,9 +955,6 @@ readable.on('readable', () => {
 });
 ```
 
-Avoid the use of the `'readable'` event and the `readable.read()` method in
-favor of using either `readable.pipe()` or the `'data'` event.
-
 A Readable stream in object mode will always return a single item from
 a call to [`readable.read(size)`][stream-read], regardless of the value of the
 `size` argument.