diff --git a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
index adc070ec99..e5c0038528 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ Here's the formal declaration of a ``QuerySet``:
         The ``query`` parameter to :class:`QuerySet` exists so that specialized
         query subclasses can reconstruct internal query state. The value of the
         parameter is an opaque representation of that query state and is not
-        part of a public API. To put it another way: if you need to ask, you
-        don't need to use it.
+        part of a public API.
 
 .. currentmodule:: django.db.models.query.QuerySet