diff --git a/pep-0307.txt b/pep-0307.txt
index 946046949..68c1c1ebb 100644
--- a/pep-0307.txt
+++ b/pep-0307.txt
@@ -389,10 +389,10 @@ Case 2: pickling new-style class instances using protocols 0 or 1
     that is zero, or an empty sequence or mapping), this state is not
     pickled and __setstate__ will not be called at all.
 
-    Note that this strategy ignores slots.  New-style classes that
-    define slots and don't define __getstate__ in the same class that
-    defines the slots automatically have a __getstate__ method added
-    that raises TypeError.
+    Note that this strategy ignores slots.  Instances of new-style
+    classes that have slots but no __getstate__ method cannot be
+    pickled by protocols 0 and 1; the code explicitly checks for
+    this condition.
 
 
 Case 3: pickling new-style class instances using protocol 2
@@ -441,12 +441,6 @@ Case 3: pickling new-style class instances using protocol 2
         None and whose second item is a dictionary mapping slot names
         to slot values described in the previous bullet.
 
-      Note that new-style classes that define slots and don't define
-      __getstate__ in the same class that defines the slots
-      automatically have a __getstate__ method added that raises
-      TypeError.  Protocol 2 ignores this __getstate__ method
-      (recognized by the specific text of the error message).
-
     The __setstate__ method
 
       The __setstate__ should take one argument; it will be called