diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/functions.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/functions.txt
index 1b7a0c39f58..88ffb25695e 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/functions.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/functions.txt
@@ -409,9 +409,7 @@ On MySQL, returns ``None`` for any non-``LINESTRING`` geometry.
 Oracle, SpatiaLite
 
 Accepts a single geographic field or expression and returns the perimeter of the
-geometry field as a :class:`~django.contrib.gis.measure.Distance` object. On
-MySQL, a raw float value is returned, as it's not possible to automatically
-determine the unit of the field.
+geometry field as a :class:`~django.contrib.gis.measure.Distance` object.
 
 ``PointOnSurface``
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