diff --git a/src/components/Alert/README.md b/src/components/Alert/README.md
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--- a/src/components/Alert/README.md
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@@ -171,10 +171,9 @@ React.createElement(() => {
 ## Forwarding HTML Attributes
 
 In addition to the options below in the [component's API](#api) section, you
-can specify [React synthetic events] or **any HTML attribute you like.** All
-attributes that don't interfere with the API are forwarded to the root `<div>`
-HTML element. This enables making the component interactive and helps to improve
-its accessibility.
+can specify **any HTML attribute you like.** All attributes that don't interfere
+with the API are forwarded to the root `<div>` HTML element. This enables making
+the component interactive and helps to improve its accessibility.
 
 👉 Refer to the MDN reference for the full list of supported attributes of the
 [div] element.
@@ -211,5 +210,4 @@ Where:
 - `<PROPERTY>` is one of `color` (color of text), `foreground-color` (color of
   border, icon, links, and emphasis), or `background-color`.
 
-[React synthetic events]: https://reactjs.org/docs/events.html
 [div]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/div#attributes