diff --git a/docs/source/command_line.rst b/docs/source/command_line.rst
index b8e4c7c187ba4..b371062e8bff7 100644
--- a/docs/source/command_line.rst
+++ b/docs/source/command_line.rst
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ Config file
 
     This flag makes mypy warn about unused ``[mypy-<pattern>]`` config
     file sections.
-    (This requires turning off incremental mode using :option:`--no-incremental`.)
 
 
 .. _import-discovery:
diff --git a/docs/source/config_file.rst b/docs/source/config_file.rst
index d5431b1476aa0..adb6c9f21a728 100644
--- a/docs/source/config_file.rst
+++ b/docs/source/config_file.rst
@@ -1211,7 +1211,6 @@ These options may only be set in the global section (``[mypy]``).
 
     Warns about per-module sections in the config file that do not
     match any files processed when invoking mypy.
-    (This requires turning off incremental mode using :confval:`incremental = False <incremental>`.)
 
 .. confval:: verbosity