diff --git a/src/doc/book/guessing-game.md b/src/doc/book/guessing-game.md
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@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ numbers. A bare number like above is actually shorthand for `^0.3.0`,
 meaning "anything compatible with 0.3.0".
 If we wanted to use only `0.3.0` exactly, we could say `rand="=0.3.0"`
 (note the two equal signs).
-And if we wanted to use the latest version we could use `rand="*"`.
 We could also use a range of versions.
 [Cargo’s documentation][cargodoc] contains more details.