diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
index 4af0614147ef0749d617dec7f69731113e1c427c..88fd7f5c8dcd61307171b3af852541d06a984380 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
@@ -231,13 +231,6 @@ its creation).
 
 This directory contains configuration options for the epoll(7) interface.
 
-max_user_instances
-------------------
-
-This is the maximum number of epoll file descriptors that a single user can
-have open at a given time. The default value is 128, and should be enough
-for normal users.
-
 max_user_watches
 ----------------