diff --git a/filebeat/docs/filebeat-general-options.asciidoc b/filebeat/docs/filebeat-general-options.asciidoc
index a1a844f37af6..fc53057f4c2d 100644
--- a/filebeat/docs/filebeat-general-options.asciidoc
+++ b/filebeat/docs/filebeat-general-options.asciidoc
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ filebeat.registry.path: registry
 NOTE: The registry is only updated when new events are flushed and not on a predefined period.
 That means in case there are some states where the TTL expired, these are only removed when new events are processed.
 
-NOTE: The registry stores its data in the subdirectory filebeat/data.json. It
-also contains a meta data file named filebeat/meta.json. The meta file contains
-the file format version number.
-
-NOTE: The content stored in filebeat/data.json is compatible with the old registry file data format.
-
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 ==== `registry.file_permissions`