diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
index a0e77095658a4d..e8f323039b187d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
@@ -539,11 +539,8 @@ arguments, or by calling the :meth:`~Misc.keys` method on that widget.
 The return value of these calls is a dictionary whose key is the name of the
 option as a string (for example, ``'relief'``) and whose values are 5-tuples.
 
-Some options, like ``bg`` are synonyms for common options with long names
-(``bg`` is shorthand for "background"). Passing the ``config()`` method the name
-of a shorthand option will return a 2-tuple, not 5-tuple. The 2-tuple passed
-back will contain the name of the synonym and the "real" option (such as
-``('bg', 'background')``).
+Some options, like ``bg``, are synonyms for common options with long names
+(``bg`` is shorthand for "background").
 
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