diff --git a/docs/plugins/mapper-attachments.asciidoc b/docs/plugins/mapper-attachments.asciidoc
index 70d760e00b8..570d05a7513 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/mapper-attachments.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/plugins/mapper-attachments.asciidoc
@@ -173,39 +173,6 @@ In the above example, the actual content indexed is mapped under `fields` name `
 it will only be available in the `_all` field. The other fields map to their respective metadata names, but there is no
 need to specify the `type` (like `text` or `date`) since it is already known.
 
-[[mapper-attachments-copy-to]]
-==== Copy To feature
-
-If you want to use https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/copy-to.html[copy_to]
-feature, you need to define it on each sub-field you want to copy to another field:
-
-[source,js]
---------------------------
-PUT /test/person/_mapping
-{
-  "person": {
-    "properties": {
-      "file": {
-        "type": "attachment",
-        "fields": {
-          "content": {
-            "type": "text",
-            "copy_to": "copy"
-          }
-        }
-      },
-      "copy": {
-        "type": "text"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
---------------------------
-// CONSOLE
-
-In this example, the extracted content will be copy as well to `copy` field.
-
-[[mapper-attachments-querying-metadata]]
 ==== Querying or accessing metadata
 
 If you need to query on metadata fields, use the attachment field name dot the metadata field. For example: