diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index c4c4ccd76d5a71..c35cb2e11d32d4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -436,12 +436,10 @@ 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