diff --git a/sapi/cli/php.1.in b/sapi/cli/php.1.in
index c113030d14d..c69b771f49f 100644
--- a/sapi/cli/php.1.in
+++ b/sapi/cli/php.1.in
@@ -178,15 +178,6 @@ Parse and execute
 .IR file
 .TP
 .PD 0
-.B \-\-global \fIname\fP
-.TP
-.PD 1
-.B \-g \fIname\fP
-Make variable
-.IR name
-global in script.
-.TP
-.PD 0
 .B \-\-help
 .TP
 .PD 1