diff --git a/docs/python-api.rst b/docs/python-api.rst
index 7b11c22..c6bf776 100644
--- a/docs/python-api.rst
+++ b/docs/python-api.rst
@@ -2711,7 +2711,7 @@ By default, the name of the Python function will be used as the name of the SQL
 
     print(db.execute('select rev("hello")').fetchone()[0])
 
-Python 3.8 added the ability to register `deterministic SQLite functions <https://sqlite.org/deterministic.html>`__, allowing you to indicate that a function will return the exact same result for any given inputs and hence allowing SQLite to apply some performance optimizations. You can mark a function as deterministic using ``deterministic=True``, like this:
+If a function will return the exact same result for any given inputs you can register it as a `deterministic SQLite function <https://sqlite.org/deterministic.html>`__ allowing SQLite to apply some performance optimizations:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
@@ -2719,8 +2719,6 @@ Python 3.8 added the ability to register `deterministic SQLite functions <https:
     def reverse_string(s):
         return "".join(reversed(list(s)))
 
-If you run this on a version of Python prior to 3.8 your code will still work, but the ``deterministic=True`` parameter will be ignored.
-
 By default registering a function with the same name and number of arguments will have no effect - the ``Database`` instance keeps track of functions that have already been registered and skips registering them if ``@db.register_function`` is called a second time.
 
 If you want to deliberately replace the registered function with a new implementation, use the ``replace=True`` argument: