diff --git a/docs/sql-programming-guide.md b/docs/sql-programming-guide.md
index 2fe5c36338899..085874133d968 100644
--- a/docs/sql-programming-guide.md
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@@ -1089,15 +1089,6 @@ for (teenName in collect(teenNames)) {
 
 </div>
 
-<div data-lang="python"  markdown="1">
-
-{% highlight python %}
-# sqlContext is an existing HiveContext
-sqlContext.sql("REFRESH TABLE my_table")
-{% endhighlight %}
-
-</div>
-
 <div data-lang="sql"  markdown="1">
 
 {% highlight sql %}