diff --git a/content/en/docs/16.0/reference/programs/vtctld.md b/content/en/docs/16.0/reference/programs/vtctld.md
index 946797756..326df583b 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/16.0/reference/programs/vtctld.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/16.0/reference/programs/vtctld.md
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ vtctld \
 | --backup_engine_implementation | string | Specifies which implementation to use for creating new backups (builtin or xtrabackup). Restores will always be done with whichever engine created a given backup. (default "builtin") |
 | --backup_storage_block_size | int | if backup_storage_compress is true, backup_storage_block_size sets the byte size for each block while compressing (default is 250000). (default 250000) |
 | --backup_storage_compress | boolean | if set, the backup files will be compressed (default is true). Set to false for instance if a backup_storage_hook is specified and it compresses the data. (default true) |
-| --backup_storage_hook | string | if set, we send the contents of the backup files through this hook. |
 | --backup_storage_implementation | string | which implementation to use for the backup storage feature |
 | --backup_storage_number_blocks | int | if backup_storage_compress is true, backup_storage_number_blocks sets the number of blocks that can be processed, at once, before the writer blocks, during compression (default is 2). It should be equal to the number of CPUs available for compression (default 2) |
 | --binlog_player_protocol | string | the protocol to download binlogs from a vttablet (default "grpc") |
diff --git a/content/en/docs/16.0/reference/programs/vttablet.md b/content/en/docs/16.0/reference/programs/vttablet.md
index e16d2fe30..d86f2cf9d 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/16.0/reference/programs/vttablet.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/16.0/reference/programs/vttablet.md
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ The following global options apply to `vttablet`:
 | --backup_engine_implementation | string | Specifies which implementation to use for creating new backups (builtin or xtrabackup). Restores will always be done with whichever engine created a given backup. (default "builtin") |
 | --backup_storage_block_size | int | if backup_storage_compress is true, backup_storage_block_size sets the byte size for each block while compressing (default is 250000). (default 250000) |
 | --backup_storage_compress |  | if set, the backup files will be compressed (default is true). Set to false for instance if a backup_storage_hook is specified and it compresses the data. (default true) |
-| --backup_storage_hook | string | if set, we send the contents of the backup files through this hook. |
 | --backup_storage_implementation | string | which implementation to use for the backup storage feature |
 | --backup_storage_number_blocks | int | if backup_storage_compress is true, backup_storage_number_blocks sets the number of blocks that can be processed, at once, before the writer blocks, during compression (default is 2). It should be equal to the number of CPUs available for compression (default 2) |
 | --binlog_player_grpc_ca | string | the server ca to use to validate servers when connecting |