diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 8cc57c30c322cb..ccd2f99ccb34f6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -434,12 +434,10 @@ Notes:
    Negative shift counts are illegal and cause a :exc:`ValueError` to be raised.
 
 (2)
-   A left shift by *n* bits is equivalent to multiplication by ``pow(2, n)``
-   without overflow check.
+   A left shift by *n* bits is equivalent to multiplication by ``pow(2, n)``.
 
 (3)
-   A right shift by *n* bits is equivalent to division by ``pow(2, n)`` without
-   overflow check.
+   A right shift by *n* bits is equivalent to floor division by ``pow(2, n)``.
 
 (4)
    Performing these calculations with at least one extra sign extension bit in