diff --git a/docs/reference/query-dsl/match-phrase-query.asciidoc b/docs/reference/query-dsl/match-phrase-query.asciidoc
index f6b0fa19001f6..68ab8e7bc79cd 100644
--- a/docs/reference/query-dsl/match-phrase-query.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/query-dsl/match-phrase-query.asciidoc
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ GET /_search
 }
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-A phrase query matches terms up to a configurable `slop`
-(which defaults to 0) in any order. Transposed terms have a slop of 2.
-
 The `analyzer` can be set to control which analyzer will perform the
 analysis process on the text. It defaults to the field explicit mapping
 definition, or the default search analyzer, for example: