diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 8c60bfe2bd..a847de7713 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ DEF("machine", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_machine, \
     "                selects emulated machine ('-machine help' for list)\n"
     "                property accel=accel1[:accel2[:...]] selects accelerator\n"
     "                supported accelerators are kvm, xen, tcg (default: tcg)\n"
-    "                kernel_irqchip=on|off controls accelerated irqchip support\n"
     "                kernel_irqchip=on|off|split controls accelerated irqchip support (default=off)\n"
     "                vmport=on|off|auto controls emulation of vmport (default: auto)\n"
     "                kvm_shadow_mem=size of KVM shadow MMU in bytes\n"