diff --git a/modules/http_client/README b/modules/http_client/README
index 48445cb6535..0d766584032 100644
--- a/modules/http_client/README
+++ b/modules/http_client/README
@@ -503,7 +503,6 @@ tstuff;timeout=12")
      * username
      * password
      * authmethod
-     * failover
      * useragent
      * verify_peer
      * verify_host
diff --git a/modules/http_client/doc/http_client_admin.xml b/modules/http_client/doc/http_client_admin.xml
index b39e36ec5ae..800b97e3bb0 100644
--- a/modules/http_client/doc/http_client_admin.xml
+++ b/modules/http_client/doc/http_client_admin.xml
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@ modparam("http_client", "httpcon", "apifour=>http://stockholm.example.com/api/ge
 				<listitem><para>username</para></listitem>
 				<listitem><para>password</para></listitem>
 				<listitem><para>authmethod</para></listitem>
-				<listitem><para>failover</para></listitem>
 				<listitem><para>useragent</para></listitem>
 				<listitem><para>verify_peer</para></listitem>
 				<listitem><para>verify_host</para></listitem>