diff --git a/doc/ref/spec.md b/doc/ref/spec.md
index 84ae5db..c6e01ca 100644
--- a/doc/ref/spec.md
+++ b/doc/ref/spec.md
@@ -2534,7 +2534,7 @@
 
 ```
 ImportDecl       = "import" ( ImportSpec | "(" { ImportSpec ";" } ")" ) .
-ImportSpec       = [ "." | PackageName ] ImportPath .
+ImportSpec       = [ PackageName ] ImportPath .
 ImportPath       = `"` { unicode_value } `"` .
 ```
 
@@ -2543,12 +2543,6 @@
 It is declared in the file block.
 If the PackageName is omitted, it defaults to the identifier specified in the
 package clause of the imported instance.
-If an explicit period (.) appears instead of a name, all the instances's
-exported identifiers declared in that instances's package block will be declared
-in the importing source file's file block
-and must be accessed without a qualifier. 
-<!-- jba: Can you omit this feature? It's likely to only decrease readability,
-as we know from Go. -->
 
 The interpretation of the ImportPath is implementation-dependent but it is
 typically either the path of a builtin package or a fully qualifying location
@@ -2570,7 +2564,6 @@
 
 import   "lib/math"         math.Sin
 import m "lib/math"         m.Sin
-import . "lib/math"         Sin
 ```
 
 An import declaration declares a dependency relation between the importing and