diff --git a/docs/topics/serialization.txt b/docs/topics/serialization.txt
index 9b44166e42..28f600e223 100644
--- a/docs/topics/serialization.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/serialization.txt
@@ -166,15 +166,6 @@ Notes for specific serialization formats
 json
 ^^^^
 
-If you're using UTF-8 (or any other non-ASCII encoding) data with the JSON
-serializer, you must pass ``ensure_ascii=False`` as a parameter to the
-``serialize()`` call. Otherwise, the output won't be encoded correctly.
-
-For example::
-
-    json_serializer = serializers.get_serializer("json")()
-    json_serializer.serialize(queryset, ensure_ascii=False, stream=response)
-
 Be aware that not all Django output can be passed unmodified to :mod:`json`.
 In particular, :ref:`lazy translation objects <lazy-translations>` need a
 `special encoder`_ written for them. Something like this will work::