diff --git a/doc/reference/drivers/index.rst b/doc/reference/drivers/index.rst
index 017e955582ae..7a25f2cfda74 100644
--- a/doc/reference/drivers/index.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/drivers/index.rst
@@ -173,8 +173,7 @@ of these APIs, and populate an instance of subsystem_api structure:
   };
 
 The driver would then pass ``my_driver_api_funcs`` as the ``api`` argument to
-``DEVICE_AND_API_INIT()``, or manually assign it to ``device->driver_api``
-in the driver init function.
+``DEVICE_AND_API_INIT()``.
 
 .. note::