diff --git a/ovsdb/ovsdb-idlc.1 b/ovsdb/ovsdb-idlc.1
index 4a3326143d3..b44757b820b 100644
--- a/ovsdb/ovsdb-idlc.1
+++ b/ovsdb/ovsdb-idlc.1
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ defines a structure for each table defined by the schema.
 Reads \fIidl\fR and prints on standard output a C source file that
 implements C bindings for the database defined by the schema.
 .
-.IP "\fBdoc\fI idl\fR"
-Reads \fIidl\fR and prints on standard output a text file that
-documents the schema.  The output may have very long lines, so it
-makes sense to pipe it through, e.g. \fBfmt \-s\fR.
-.
 .SS "Options"
 .so lib/common.man
 .
diff --git a/ovsdb/ovsdb-idlc.in b/ovsdb/ovsdb-idlc.in
index fb2241bbe21..2900bd9eaa8 100755
--- a/ovsdb/ovsdb-idlc.in
+++ b/ovsdb/ovsdb-idlc.in
@@ -1329,7 +1329,6 @@ The following commands are supported:
   annotate SCHEMA ANNOTATIONS print SCHEMA combined with ANNOTATIONS
   c-idl-header IDL            print C header file for IDL
   c-idl-source IDL            print C source file for IDL implementation
-  nroff IDL                   print schema documentation in nroff format
 
 The following options are also available:
   -h, --help                  display this help message