diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab77e3836..ab1b06767 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5326,7 +5326,7 @@ wp user unspam <id>...
 Updates an existing user.
 
 ~~~
-wp user update <user>... [--user_pass=<password>] [--user_login=<login>] [--user_nicename=<nice_name>] [--user_url=<url>] [--user_email=<email>] [--display_name=<display_name>] [--nickname=<nickname>] [--first_name=<first_name>] [--last_name=<last_name>] [--description=<description>] [--rich_editing=<rich_editing>] [--user_registered=<yyyy-mm-dd-hh-ii-ss>] [--role=<role>] --<field>=<value>
+wp user update <user>... [--user_pass=<password>] [--user_nicename=<nice_name>] [--user_url=<url>] [--user_email=<email>] [--display_name=<display_name>] [--nickname=<nickname>] [--first_name=<first_name>] [--last_name=<last_name>] [--description=<description>] [--rich_editing=<rich_editing>] [--user_registered=<yyyy-mm-dd-hh-ii-ss>] [--role=<role>] --<field>=<value>
 ~~~
 
 **OPTIONS**
@@ -5337,9 +5337,6 @@ wp user update <user>... [--user_pass=<password>] [--user_login=<login>] [--user
 	[--user_pass=<password>]
 		A string that contains the plain text password for the user.
 
-	[--user_login=<login>]
-		A string that contains the user's username for logging in.
-
 	[--user_nicename=<nice_name>]
 		A string that contains a URL-friendly name for the user. The default is the user's username.
 
diff --git a/src/User_Command.php b/src/User_Command.php
index c17f0708f..f3d764830 100644
--- a/src/User_Command.php
+++ b/src/User_Command.php
@@ -445,9 +445,6 @@ public function create( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 	 * [--user_pass=<password>]
 	 * : A string that contains the plain text password for the user.
 	 *
-	 * [--user_login=<login>]
-	 * : A string that contains the user's username for logging in.
-	 *
 	 * [--user_nicename=<nice_name>]
 	 * : A string that contains a URL-friendly name for the user. The default is the user's username.
 	 *