diff --git a/pandas/core/reshape/encoding.py b/pandas/core/reshape/encoding.py
index 3d099a65c606d..33ff182f5baee 100644
--- a/pandas/core/reshape/encoding.py
+++ b/pandas/core/reshape/encoding.py
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ def get_dummies(
         list or dictionary as with `prefix`.
     dummy_na : bool, default False
         If True, a NaN indicator column will be added even if no NaN values are present.
-        This behavior is intentional and by design. If False, NA values are encoded
-        as all zero.
+        If False, NA values are encoded as all zero.
     columns : list-like, default None
         Column names in the DataFrame to be encoded.
         If `columns` is None then all the columns with