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@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ See `the similar code, sans Requests <https://gist.github.com/973705>`_.
 
 Requests allows you to send *organic, grass-fed* HTTP/1.1 requests, all day.
 Headers, cookies, json/form data, multipart files, and url parameters can all
-be provided with standard Python dictionaries. SSL certificates are automatically
-verified against a carefully crafted bundle of root certificates, included.
+be provided with standard Python dictionaries. 
 Responses feature RFC-compliant redirection history, unicode/bytes bodies, a
 case-insensitive header dictionary, and more.