diff --git a/doc/rados/operations/user-management.rst b/doc/rados/operations/user-management.rst
index 09791128769..ed18dd26cd9 100644
--- a/doc/rados/operations/user-management.rst
+++ b/doc/rados/operations/user-management.rst
@@ -447,12 +447,6 @@ For example::
 	ceph auth caps client.paul mon 'allow rw' osd 'allow rwx pool=liverpool'
 	ceph auth caps client.brian-manager mon 'allow *' osd 'allow *'
 
-To remove a capability, you may reset the capability. If you want the user
-to have no access to a particular daemon that was previously set, specify
-an empty string. For example::
-
-	ceph auth caps client.ringo mon ' ' osd ' '
-
 See `Authorization (Capabilities)`_ for additional details on capabilities.