diff --git a/nova/db/api.py b/nova/db/api.py
index 65dc15e7e0e5..867ffc6e5424 100644
--- a/nova/db/api.py
+++ b/nova/db/api.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 """Defines interface for DB access.
 
-The underlying driver is loaded as a :class:`LazyPluggable`.
-
 Functions in this module are imported into the nova.db namespace. Call these
 functions from nova.db namespace, not the nova.db.api namespace.
 
@@ -29,18 +27,6 @@ interface. Currently, many of these objects are sqlalchemy objects that
 implement a dictionary interface. However, a future goal is to have all of
 these objects be simple dictionaries.
 
-
-**Related Flags**
-
-:db_backend:  string to lookup in the list of LazyPluggable backends.
-              `sqlalchemy` is the only supported backend right now.
-
-:connection:  string specifying the sqlalchemy connection to use, like:
-              `sqlite:///var/lib/nova/nova.sqlite`.
-
-:enable_new_services:  when adding a new service to the database, is it in the
-                       pool of available hardware (Default: True)
-
 """
 
 from oslo.config import cfg