diff --git a/src/PIL/__init__.py b/src/PIL/__init__.py
index a07280e..6b9fe99 100644
--- a/src/PIL/__init__.py
+++ b/src/PIL/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PILLOW_VERSION = __version__ = _version.__version__
 
 del _version
 
-__doc__ = __doc__.format(__version__)  # include version in docstring
+__doc__ = ''
 
 
 _plugins = ['BlpImagePlugin',