diff --git a/doc/api/http.markdown b/doc/api/http.markdown
index ab7b75945bb8ee..72147bec62f4a7 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/http.markdown
@@ -478,11 +478,6 @@ Options:
  - `Agent` object: explicitly use the passed in `Agent`.
  - `false`: opts out of connection pooling with an Agent, defaults request to
    `Connection: close`.
- - `keepAlive`: {Boolean} Keep sockets around in a pool to be used
-  by other requests in the future. Default = `false`
- - `keepAliveMsecs`: {Integer} When using HTTP KeepAlive, how often to
-  send TCP KeepAlive packets over sockets being kept alive.  Default =
-  `1000`.  Only relevant if `keepAlive` is set to `true`.
 
 The optional `callback` parameter will be added as a one time listener for
 the ['response'][] event.