diff --git a/tokio-macros/src/entry.rs b/tokio-macros/src/entry.rs
index 8eb184a34..f5c62a4ff 100644
--- a/tokio-macros/src/entry.rs
+++ b/tokio-macros/src/entry.rs
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ fn parse_knobs(
                         return Err(syn::Error::new_spanned(namevalue, msg));
                     }
                     name => {
-                        let msg = format!("Unknown attribute {} is specified; expected one of: `flavor`, `worker_threads`, `max_threads`", name);
+                        let msg = format!("Unknown attribute {} is specified; expected one of: `flavor`, `worker_threads`", name);
                         return Err(syn::Error::new_spanned(namevalue, msg));
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/tokio-macros/src/lib.rs b/tokio-macros/src/lib.rs
index 47d780a25..552570fae 100644
--- a/tokio-macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -231,10 +231,6 @@ pub fn test(args: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 
 /// Marks async function to be executed by runtime, suitable to test environment
 ///
-/// ## Options:
-///
-/// - `max_threads=n` - Sets max threads to `n`.
-///
 /// ## Usage
 ///
 /// ```no_run