diff --git a/django/http/multipartparser.py b/django/http/multipartparser.py
index cf82e3851e..d9e7e4313f 100644
--- a/django/http/multipartparser.py
+++ b/django/http/multipartparser.py
@@ -573,11 +573,7 @@ class BoundaryIter(six.Iterator):
 
 
 def exhaust(stream_or_iterable):
-    """
-    Completely exhausts an iterator or stream.
-
-    Raise a MultiPartParserError if the argument is not a stream or an iterable.
-    """
+    """Exhaust an iterator or stream."""
     try:
         iterator = iter(stream_or_iterable)
     except TypeError: