diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
index 631b0f7ae16fd6506a7e171d04f874b00c09da67..8303eb8ced79917d61f012a9a18b2b4a9afca645 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt
@@ -416,11 +416,6 @@ PHY devices and link management
   to the switch port MDIO registers. If unavailable return a negative error
   code.
 
-- poll_link: Function invoked by DSA to query the link state of the switch
-  builtin Ethernet PHYs, per port. This function is responsible for calling
-  netif_carrier_{on,off} when appropriate, and can be used to poll all ports in a
-  single call. Executes from workqueue context.
-
 - adjust_link: Function invoked by the PHY library when a slave network device
   is attached to a PHY device. This function is responsible for appropriately
   configuring the switch port link parameters: speed, duplex, pause based on