diff --git a/src/destructors.md b/src/destructors.md
index bafcbefe0..23b5aa605 100644
--- a/src/destructors.md
+++ b/src/destructors.md
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 When an [initialized] [variable] in Rust goes out of scope or a [temporary]
 is no longer needed its _destructor_ is run. [Assignment] also runs the
-destructor of its left-hand operand, unless it's an uninitialized variable. If a
-[struct] variable has been partially initialized, only its initialized fields
-are dropped.
+destructor of its left-hand operand, unless it's an uninitialized variable.
 
 The destructor of a type consists of
 
@@ -63,10 +61,8 @@ loop {
     moved = ShowOnDrop("Drops when moved");
     // drops now, but is then uninitialized
     moved;
+    // Uninitialized does not drop.
     let uninitialized: ShowOnDrop;
-    // Only first element drops
-    let mut partially_initialized: (ShowOnDrop, ShowOnDrop);
-    partially_initialized.0 = ShowOnDrop("Partial tuple first");
 }
 ```