diff --git a/docs/reference/cluster/nodes-stats.asciidoc b/docs/reference/cluster/nodes-stats.asciidoc
index 82d7b383053..27d169a2667 100644
--- a/docs/reference/cluster/nodes-stats.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/cluster/nodes-stats.asciidoc
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ of `indices`, `os`, `process`, `jvm`, `network`, `transport`, `http`,
 `breaker`::
 	Statistics about the field data circuit breaker
 
-`clear`:: 
-	Clears all the flags (first). Useful, if you only want to
-	retrieve specific stats.
-
 [source,js]
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 # return indices and os