diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 78feee98..47818dc3 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@
 #   (optional) Type is authorization being used.
 #   Defaults to 'keystone'
 #
-# [*auth_region*]
-#   (optional) The region for the authentication service.
-#   If "use_user_token" is not in effect and using keystone auth,
-#   then region name can be specified.
-#   Defaults to $::os_service_default.
-#
 # [*auth_uri*]
 #   (optional) Complete public Identity API endpoint.
 #   Defaults to 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/'.
@@ -266,7 +260,13 @@
 # [*verbose*]
 #   (optional) Deprecated. Rather to log the glance api service at verbose level.
 #   Default: undef
-
+#
+# [*auth_region*]
+#   (optional) The region for the authentication service.
+#   If "use_user_token" is not in effect and using keystone auth,
+#   then region name can be specified.
+#   Defaults to undef
+#
 class glance::api(
   $keystone_password,
   $package_ensure            = 'present',
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ class glance::api(
   $scrub_time                = $::os_service_default,
   $delayed_delete            = $::os_service_default,
   $auth_type                 = 'keystone',
-  $auth_region               = $::os_service_default,
   $auth_uri                  = 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/',
   $identity_uri              = 'http://127.0.0.1:35357/',
   $memcached_servers         = $::os_service_default,
@@ -326,6 +325,7 @@ class glance::api(
   # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
   $known_stores              = false,
   $verbose                   = undef,
+  $auth_region               = undef,
 ) inherits glance {
 
   include ::glance::deps
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ class glance::api(
     warning('verbose is deprecated, has no effect and will be removed after Newton cycle.')
   }
 
+  if $auth_region {
+    warning('auth_region is deprecated, has no effect and and will be removed in the O release.')
+  }
+
   if ( $glance::params::api_package_name != $glance::params::registry_package_name ) {
     ensure_packages('glance-api',
       {
@@ -359,7 +363,6 @@ class glance::api(
     'DEFAULT/scrub_time':              value => $scrub_time;
     'DEFAULT/delayed_delete':          value => $delayed_delete;
     'DEFAULT/image_cache_dir':         value => $image_cache_dir;
-    'DEFAULT/auth_region':             value => $auth_region;
     'glance_store/os_region_name':     value => $os_region_name;
   }
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_auth_region_option-d13f8194295a1463.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_auth_region_option-d13f8194295a1463.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecfc2567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_auth_region_option-d13f8194295a1463.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - verbose option is now deprecated for removal, the
+    parameter has no effect.
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
index 2c078044..f1fba5d3 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ describe 'glance::api' do
       :log_file                 => '/var/log/glance/api.log',
       :log_dir                  => '/var/log/glance',
       :auth_type                => 'keystone',
-      :auth_region              => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
       :enabled                  => true,
       :manage_service           => true,
       :backlog                  => '<SERVICE DEFAULT>',
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ describe 'glance::api' do
         :registry_port            => '9111',
         :registry_client_protocol => 'https',
         :auth_type                => 'not_keystone',
-        :auth_region              => 'RegionOne2',
         :enabled                  => false,
         :backlog                  => '4095',
         :workers                  => '5',
@@ -117,7 +115,6 @@ describe 'glance::api' do
             'delayed_delete',
             'scrub_time',
             'image_cache_dir',
-            'auth_region'
           ].each do |config|
             is_expected.to contain_glance_api_config("DEFAULT/#{config}").with_value(param_hash[config.intern])
           end