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Remove Python 2 mention on chardet behavior (#6204)

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@@ -717,10 +717,9 @@ If ``chardet`` is installed, ``requests`` uses it, however for python3
library is an LGPL-licenced dependency and some users of requests
cannot depend on mandatory LGPL-licensed dependencies.
When you install ``request`` without specifying ``[use_chardet_on_py3]]`` extra,
When you install ``requests`` without specifying ``[use_chardet_on_py3]`` extra,
and ``chardet`` is not already installed, ``requests`` uses ``charset-normalizer``
(MIT-licensed) to guess the encoding. For Python 2, ``requests`` uses only
``chardet`` and is a mandatory dependency there.
(MIT-licensed) to guess the encoding.
The only time Requests will not guess the encoding is if no explicit charset
is present in the HTTP headers **and** the ``Content-Type``