diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/rowclass.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/rowclass.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fc60287069a854..00000000000000
--- a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/rowclass.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import sqlite3
-
-con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
-con.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
-
-cur = con.cursor()
-cur.execute("select 'John' as name, 42 as age")
-for row in cur:
-    assert row[0] == row["name"]
-    assert row["name"] == row["nAmE"]
-    assert row[1] == row["age"]
-    assert row[1] == row["AgE"]
-
-con.close()
diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index 20ad760ac4b462..9805a42d2f59dc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ inserted data and retrieved values from it in multiple ways.
       * :ref:`sqlite3-placeholders`
       * :ref:`sqlite3-adapters`
       * :ref:`sqlite3-converters`
-      * :ref:`sqlite3-columns-by-name`
       * :ref:`sqlite3-connection-context-manager`
 
    * :ref:`sqlite3-explanation` for in-depth background on transaction control.
@@ -1242,6 +1241,11 @@ Cursor objects
          >>> cur.connection == con
          True
 
+.. The sqlite3.Row example used to be a how-to. It has now been incorporated
+   into the Row reference. We keep the anchor here in order not to break
+   existing links.
+
+.. _sqlite3-columns-by-name:
 .. _sqlite3-row-objects:
 
 Row objects
@@ -1249,10 +1253,9 @@ Row objects
 
 .. class:: Row
 
-   A :class:`Row` instance serves as a highly optimized
+   A :class:`!Row` instance serves as a highly optimized
    :attr:`~Connection.row_factory` for :class:`Connection` objects.
-   It tries to mimic a :class:`tuple` in most of its features,
-   and supports iteration, :func:`repr`, equality testing, :func:`len`,
+   It supports iteration, equality testing, :func:`len`,
    and :term:`mapping` access by column name and index.
 
    Two row objects compare equal if have equal columns and equal members.
@@ -1266,45 +1269,18 @@ Row objects
    .. versionchanged:: 3.5
       Added support of slicing.
 
-Let's assume we initialize a table as in the example given above::
+   Example::
 
-   con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
-   cur = con.cursor()
-   cur.execute('''create table stocks
-   (date text, trans text, symbol text,
-    qty real, price real)''')
-   cur.execute("""insert into stocks
-               values ('2006-01-05','BUY','RHAT',100,35.14)""")
-   con.commit()
-   cur.close()
-
-Now we plug :class:`Row` in::
-
-   >>> con.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
-   >>> cur = con.cursor()
-   >>> cur.execute('select * from stocks')
-   <sqlite3.Cursor object at 0x7f4e7dd8fa80>
-   >>> r = cur.fetchone()
-   >>> type(r)
-   <class 'sqlite3.Row'>
-   >>> tuple(r)
-   ('2006-01-05', 'BUY', 'RHAT', 100.0, 35.14)
-   >>> len(r)
-   5
-   >>> r[2]
-   'RHAT'
-   >>> r.keys()
-   ['date', 'trans', 'symbol', 'qty', 'price']
-   >>> r['qty']
-   100.0
-   >>> for member in r:
-   ...     print(member)
-   ...
-   2006-01-05
-   BUY
-   RHAT
-   100.0
-   35.14
+      >>> con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+      >>> con.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+      >>> res = con.execute("SELECT 'Earth' AS name, 6378 AS radius")
+      >>> row = res.fetchone()
+      >>> row.keys()
+      ['name', 'radius']
+      >>> row[0], row["name"]  # Access by index and name.
+      ('Earth', 'Earth')
+      >>> row["RADIUS"]  # Column names are case-insensitive.
+      6378
 
 
 .. _sqlite3-blob-objects:
@@ -1726,20 +1702,6 @@ directly using only a single call on the :class:`Connection` object.
 .. literalinclude:: ../includes/sqlite3/shortcut_methods.py
 
 
-.. _sqlite3-columns-by-name:
-
-Accessing columns by name instead of by index
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-One useful feature of the :mod:`!sqlite3` module is the built-in
-:class:`sqlite3.Row` class designed to be used as a row factory.
-
-Rows wrapped with this class can be accessed both by index (like tuples) and
-case-insensitively by name:
-
-.. literalinclude:: ../includes/sqlite3/rowclass.py
-
-
 .. _sqlite3-connection-context-manager:
 
 Using the connection as a context manager