Streamline mention of sorted()

Doc/faq/design.rst

@@ -625,10 +625,10 @@ order to remind you of that fact, it does not return the sorted list.  This way,
 you won't be fooled into accidentally overwriting a list when you need a sorted
 copy but also need to keep the unsorted version around.
 
-In Python 2.4 a new built-in function -- :func:`sorted` -- has been added.
-This function creates a new list from a provided iterable, sorts it and returns
-it.  For example, here's how to iterate over the keys of a dictionary in sorted
-order::
+If you want to return a new list, use the built-in :func:`sorted` function
+instead.  This function creates a new list from a provided iterable, sorts
+it and returns it.  For example, here's how to iterate over the keys of a
+dictionary in sorted order::
 
    for key in sorted(mydict):
        ... # do whatever with mydict[key]...