diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgmlin b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgmlin
index b2016a258..ae5fd5ef5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgmlin
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgmlin
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ CREATE [ UNLOGGED ] TABLE table_name
     [ WITH ( {storage_parameter = value} [, ... ] ) ]
     [ COMPRESS | NOCOMPRESS ]
     [ TABLESPACE tablespace_name ]
-    [ DISTRIBUTE BY { REPLICATION | { [HASH ] ( column_name ) } } ]
     [ TO { GROUP groupname | NODE ( nodename [, ... ] ) } ]
     AS query
     [ WITH [ NO ] DATA ];