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@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ If you just need to retrieve a single row from a database table, you may use the
 
     return $user->email;
 
-If you would like to retrieve a single row from a database table, but throw an `Illuminate\Database\RecordNotFoundException` if no matching row is found, you may use the `firstOrFail` method. If the `RecordNotFoundException` is not caught, a 404 HTTP response is automatically sent back to the client:
-
-    $user = DB::table('users')->where('name', 'John')->firstOrFail();
-
 If you don't need an entire row, you may extract a single value from a record using the `value` method. This method will return the value of the column directly:
 
     $email = DB::table('users')->where('name', 'John')->value('email');