diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst
index 55ec6ee5b31a22..38f64681af6e7d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/io.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/io.rst
@@ -829,9 +829,9 @@ than raw I/O does.
 
 .. class:: BufferedRandom(raw, buffer_size=DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE)
 
-   A buffered binary stream providing higher-level access to a seekable
-   :class:`RawIOBase` raw binary stream.  It inherits from :class:`BufferedReader`
-   and :class:`BufferedWriter`.
+   A buffered binary stream implementing :class:`BufferedIOBase` interfaces
+   providing higher-level access to a seekable :class:`RawIOBase` raw binary
+   stream.
 
    The constructor creates a reader and writer for a seekable raw stream, given
    in the first argument.  If the *buffer_size* is omitted it defaults to