diff --git a/.golangci.example.yml b/.golangci.example.yml
index dd9cd92fdf33..303f1f67346c 100644
--- a/.golangci.example.yml
+++ b/.golangci.example.yml
@@ -622,13 +622,14 @@ linters-settings:
       original-url: github.com/golangci/example-linter
 
 linters:
+  disable-all: true
   enable:
     - megacheck
     - govet
+  enable-all: true
   disable:
     - maligned
     - prealloc
-  disable-all: false
   presets:
     - bugs
     - unused
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 186eae865ee4..12768450a5c8 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ linters-settings:
     require-specific: false # don't require nolint directives to be specific about which linter is being skipped
 
 linters:
-  # please, do not use `enable-all`: it's deprecated and will be removed soon.
-  # inverted configuration with `enable-all` and `disable` is not scalable during updates of golangci-lint
   disable-all: true
   enable:
     - bodyclose
diff --git a/docs/src/docs/usage/install/index.mdx b/docs/src/docs/usage/install/index.mdx
index d7927bbe762a..d4d7dd2f5f96 100644
--- a/docs/src/docs/usage/install/index.mdx
+++ b/docs/src/docs/usage/install/index.mdx
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ Also, the action creates GitHub annotations for found issues: you don't need to
 
 ### Other CI
 
-It's important to have reproducible CI:
-don't start to fail all builds at the same time. With golangci-lint this can happen if you
-use deprecated option `--enable-all` and a new linter is added or even without `--enable-all`: when one upstream linter is upgraded.
+It's important to have reproducible CI: don't start to fail all builds at the same time.
+With golangci-lint this can happen if you use option `--enable-all` and a new linter is added
+or even without `--enable-all` when one upstream linter is upgraded.
 
-It's highly recommended to install a specific version of golangci-lint available on the [releases page](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases).
+**IMPORTANT**: It's highly recommended installing a specific version of golangci-lint available on the [releases page](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases).
 
 Here is the recommended way to install golangci-lint {.LatestVersion}:
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/run.go b/pkg/commands/run.go
index f5421e702eee..31a4e7917187 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/run.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/run.go
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ func initFlagSet(fs *pflag.FlagSet, cfg *config.Config, m *lintersdb.Manager, is
 	if err := fs.MarkHidden("enable-all"); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	// TODO: run hideFlag("enable-all") to print deprecation message.
 
 	fs.BoolVar(&lc.DisableAll, "disable-all", false, wh("Disable all linters"))
 	fs.StringSliceVarP(&lc.Presets, "presets", "p", nil,