diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 6342ae7679..21c7c298a8 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     extract_flat:      Do not resolve URLs, return the immediate result.
                        Pass in 'in_playlist' to only show this behavior for
                        playlist items.
-    no_playlist:       If the URL contains both a playlist and a video ID,
-                       download the video, not the playlist.
 
     The following parameters are not used by YoutubeDL itself, they are used by
     the FileDownloader: