diff --git a/doc/api/projects.md b/doc/api/projects.md
index b38e60ee29692285e18d029cdea6991b2bf8bb1b..411286750f856b9dfa19425bf4bc0f6432d7e7af 100644
--- a/doc/api/projects.md
+++ b/doc/api/projects.md
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ GET /projects
     "id": 3,
     "name": "rails",
     "description": null,
-    "path": "rails",
     "default_branch": "master",
     "owner": {
       "id": 1,
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ GET /projects
     "id": 5,
     "name": "gitlab",
     "description": null,
-    "path": "gitlab",
     "default_branch": "api",
     "owner": {
       "id": 1,
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ Parameters:
   "id": 5,
   "name": "gitlab",
   "description": null,
-  "path": "gitlab",
   "default_branch": "api",
   "owner": {
     "id": 1,
@@ -100,7 +97,6 @@ POST /projects
 Parameters:
 
 + `name` (required) - new project name
-+ `path` (optional) - new project path, uses project name if not set
 + `description` (optional) - short project description
 + `default_branch` (optional) - 'master' by default
 + `issues_enabled` (optional) - enabled by default
diff --git a/lib/api/entities.rb b/lib/api/entities.rb
index 92245a9f093553b0efd84564ea87ad8feaa97c59..e5b2685abf560033c458789f1d0d8c4ea7a5db60 100644
--- a/lib/api/entities.rb
+++ b/lib/api/entities.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module Gitlab
     end
 
     class Project < Grape::Entity
-      expose :id, :name, :description, :path, :default_branch
+      expose :id, :name, :description, :default_branch
       expose :owner, using: Entities::UserBasic
       expose :private_flag, as: :private
       expose :issues_enabled, :merge_requests_enabled, :wall_enabled, :wiki_enabled, :created_at
diff --git a/lib/api/projects.rb b/lib/api/projects.rb
index 64b65f16b7e9482c97d9ca4ec499a75bd06d05fc..fb01524da39fd91e938c348f58119e461555c539 100644
--- a/lib/api/projects.rb
+++ b/lib/api/projects.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ module Gitlab
       #
       # Parameters:
       #   name (required) - name for new project
-      #   path (optional) - path for new project, uses project name if not set
       #   description (optional) - short project description
       #   default_branch (optional) - 'master' by default
       #   issues_enabled (optional) - enabled by default