diff --git a/scrapy/loader/__init__.py b/scrapy/loader/__init__.py
index 8ee7dc16c..7ac324fd0 100644
--- a/scrapy/loader/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/loader/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-"""
-Item Loader
-
-See documentation in docs/topics/loaders.rst
-"""
-
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
diff --git a/scrapy/pipelines/images.py b/scrapy/pipelines/images.py
index 79b6c4f27..cd2d5d43e 100644
--- a/scrapy/pipelines/images.py
+++ b/scrapy/pipelines/images.py
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-"""
-Images Pipeline
-
-See documentation in topics/media-pipeline.rst
-"""
-
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import functools
diff --git a/scrapy/selector/unified.py b/scrapy/selector/unified.py
index 99b22aca9..ae4daa56c 100644
--- a/scrapy/selector/unified.py
+++ b/scrapy/selector/unified.py
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-"""
-XPath selectors based on lxml
-"""
-
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Any
diff --git a/scrapy/shell.py b/scrapy/shell.py
index dfea00c46..1856787c4 100644
--- a/scrapy/shell.py
+++ b/scrapy/shell.py
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-"""Scrapy Shell
-
-See documentation in docs/topics/shell.rst
-
-"""
-
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
diff --git a/scrapy/utils/url.py b/scrapy/utils/url.py
index f67853ece..3d8b6108b 100644
--- a/scrapy/utils/url.py
+++ b/scrapy/utils/url.py
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-"""
-This module contains general purpose URL functions not found in the standard
-library.
-"""
-
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import re