diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 11a7d772618f48b961d41fb5fe1cb269d7ae7cd1..dc40f471694073b8aeb77c1cbe0491d458af3891 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
 --numbered-files::
 	Output file names will be a simple number sequence
 	without the default first line of the commit appended.
-	Mutually exclusive with the --stdout option.
 
 -k::
 --keep-subject::
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index 2ae39afccdc1978141fe4cc4453befa632ecaadf..0f0adf2bab69328f5b6320c1baca58ad226570df 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -917,8 +917,6 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		die ("-n and -k are mutually exclusive.");
 	if (keep_subject && subject_prefix)
 		die ("--subject-prefix and -k are mutually exclusive.");
-	if (numbered_files && use_stdout)
-		die ("--numbered-files and --stdout are mutually exclusive.");
 
 	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &rev, "HEAD");
 	if (argc > 1)