diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt
index d66e61b1ec..d6fc90ac7e 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ Core functions:
 
 * `graph_init()` creates a new `struct git_graph`
 
-* `graph_release()` destroys a `struct git_graph`, and frees the memory
-  associated with it.
-
 * `graph_update()` moves the graph to a new commit.
 
 * `graph_next_line()` outputs the next line of the graph into a strbuf.  It
@@ -134,8 +131,6 @@ while ((commit = get_revision(opts)) != NULL) {
 			putchar(opts->diffopt.line_termination);
 	}
 }
-
-graph_release(graph);
 ------------
 
 Sample output
diff --git a/graph.h b/graph.h
index bc30d687c0..b82ae87a49 100644
--- a/graph.h
+++ b/graph.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ struct git_graph;
 
 /*
  * Create a new struct git_graph.
- * The graph should be freed with graph_release() when no longer needed.
  */
 struct git_graph *graph_init(struct rev_info *opt);