diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/nodes.usage.json b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/nodes.usage.json
index b066a0105530d..97c3f201f6cdf 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/nodes.usage.json
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/nodes.usage.json
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
         }
       },
       "params": {
-        "human": {
-            "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Whether to return time and byte values in human-readable format.",
-            "default": false
-        },
         "timeout": {
           "type" : "time",
           "description" : "Explicit operation timeout"