diff --git a/docs/api/materials/MeshNormalMaterial.html b/docs/api/materials/MeshNormalMaterial.html
index 37ca144e1b2e17fcdeea5f686db7bda97940d430..80b32009d5fad7a5b34b8ff4f5883b1ca9696c89 100644
--- a/docs/api/materials/MeshNormalMaterial.html
+++ b/docs/api/materials/MeshNormalMaterial.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 		<h1>[name]</h1>
 
 		<div class="desc">A material that maps the normal vectors to RGB colors.</div>
-		
+
 		<iframe src='../../scenes/material-browser.html#MeshNormalMaterial'></iframe>
 
 
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@
 
 		<h3>[name]([page:Object parameters])</h3>
 		<div>
-		parameters is an object with one or more properties defining the material's appearance. 
+		parameters is an object with one or more properties defining the material's appearance.
 		</div>
 		<div>
-		shading --  How the triangles of a curved surface are rendered. Default is [page:Materials THREE.FlatShading].<br/>
 		wireframe -- Render geometry as wireframe. Default is false (i.e. render as smooth shaded).<br/>
 		wireframeLinewidth -- Controls wireframe thickness. Default is 1.<br/>
 		morphTargets -- Define whether the material uses morphTargets. Default is false.<br/>
@@ -34,25 +33,19 @@
 		<h2>Properties</h2>
 
 
-		<h3>[property:number shading]</h3>
+		<h3>[property:boolean wireframe]</h3>
 		<div>
-			How the triangles of a curved surface are rendered: as a smooth surface, as flat separate facets, or no shading at all.<br/><br/>
-			Options are [page:Materials THREE.SmoothShading], [page:Materials THREE.FlatShading](default)
+			Render geometry as wireframe. Default is false (i.e. render as smooth shaded).
 		</div>
 
-		<h3>[property:boolean wireframe]</h3>
-		<div>
-			Render geometry as wireframe. Default is false (i.e. render as smooth shaded). 
-		</div> 
-		
 		<h3>[property:number wireframeLinewidth]</h3>
 		<div>
 			Controls wireframe thickness. Default is 1.<br/><br/>
 			Due to limitations in the ANGLE layer, on Windows platforms linewidth will always be 1 regardless of the set value.
-		</div> 
+		</div>
 
 		<h3>[property:boolean morphTargets]</h3>
-		<div>Define whether the material uses morphTargets. Default is false.</div> 
+		<div>Define whether the material uses morphTargets. Default is false.</div>
 
 		<h2>Methods</h2>
 
diff --git a/src/materials/MeshNormalMaterial.js b/src/materials/MeshNormalMaterial.js
index 1839fc7039487705432e8bb65b9c95ac4ce5e50c..1895f002b59f5b92b554ef833102c604b1a82f73 100644
--- a/src/materials/MeshNormalMaterial.js
+++ b/src/materials/MeshNormalMaterial.js
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ THREE.MeshNormalMaterial = function ( parameters ) {
 
 	this.type = 'MeshNormalMaterial';
 
-	this.shading = THREE.FlatShading;
-
 	this.wireframe = false;
 	this.wireframeLinewidth = 1;
 
@@ -40,8 +38,6 @@ THREE.MeshNormalMaterial.prototype.clone = function () {
 
 	THREE.Material.prototype.clone.call( this, material );
 
-	material.shading = this.shading;
-
 	material.wireframe = this.wireframe;
 	material.wireframeLinewidth = this.wireframeLinewidth;