diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/appendix.rst b/Doc/tutorial/appendix.rst
index 5020c428741feb..2539edb51ba3a0 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/appendix.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/appendix.rst
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ There are two variants of the interactive :term:`REPL`.  The classic
 basic interpreter is supported on all platforms with minimal line
 control capabilities.
 
-On Windows, or Unix-like systems with :mod:`curses` support,
-a new interactive shell is used by default since Python 3.13.
+Since Python 3.13, a new interactive shell is used by default.
 This one supports color, multiline editing, history browsing, and
 paste mode.  To disable color, see :ref:`using-on-controlling-color` for
 details.  Function keys provide some additional functionality.