diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 8d274691..fb21394c 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -972,13 +972,6 @@ Some options are built in Kakoune, and can be used to control it's behaviour:
      changing if the terminfo enables it but the terminal does not support it.
    - `ncurses_wheel_down_button` and `ncurses_wheel_up_button`: specify which
       button send for wheel down/up events.
-   - `ncurses_buffer_padding_str`: string that will be used to mark the
-      end of the buffer.
-   - `ncurses_buffer_padding_type`: if set to `fill`, the padding string
-      will fill the entire space between the end of the buffer and the
-      bottom of the current window, if set to `single` the padding
-      string will be inserted once at the end of the buffer. A value of
-      `off` disables any kind of padding.
 
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diff --git a/doc/manpages/options.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/options.asciidoc
index e5a1909a..20fa5ce8 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/options.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/options.asciidoc
@@ -164,13 +164,3 @@ Builtin options
 
 		*ncurses_wheel_down_button*, *ncurses_wheel_up_button*:::
 			specify which button send for wheel down/up events
-
-		*ncurses_buffer_padding_str*:::
-			string that will be used to mark the end of the buffer
-
-		*ncurses_buffer_padding_type*:::
-			if set to `fill`, the padding string will fill the entire space
-			between the end of the buffer and the bottom of the current
-			window, if set to `single` the padding string will be inserted
-			once at the end of the buffer. A value of `off` disables any
-			kind of padding