diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt
index 729d6a0cf3..d0d1707c8c 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-history-graph.txt
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ struct commit *commit;
 struct git_graph *graph = graph_init(opts);
 
 while ((commit = get_revision(opts)) != NULL) {
-	graph_update(graph, commit);
 	while (!graph_is_commit_finished(graph))
 	{
 		struct strbuf sb;