diff --git a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
index 5dce2ea51f..cb1e501042 100644
--- a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
@@ -1250,19 +1250,6 @@ to define the time unit for the interval:
 link:#schedule-examples[Schedule examples] can be found in the
 link:#gc[gc] section.
 
-[[changeMerge]]
-=== Section changeMerge
-
-[[changeMerge.checkFrequency]]changeMerge.checkFrequency::
-+
-How often the database should be rescanned for changes that have been
-submitted but not merged due to transient errors. Values can be
-specified using standard time unit abbreviations ('ms', 'sec', 'min',
-etc.). Set to 0 to disable periodic rescanning, only scanning once on
-master node startup.
-+
-Default is 300 seconds (5 minutes).
-
 [[commentlink]]
 === Section commentlink