diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/contenttypes.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/contenttypes.txt
index eadca778ff..8a926afc97 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/contenttypes.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/contenttypes.txt
@@ -183,16 +183,12 @@ The ``ContentTypeManager``
         probably won't ever need to call this method yourself; Django will call
         it automatically when it's needed.
 
-    .. method:: models.ContentTypeManager.get_for_model(model, using=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS)
+    .. method:: models.ContentTypeManager.get_for_model(model)
 
         Takes either a model class or an instance of a model, and returns the
         :class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType` instance
         representing that model.
 
-        By default, this will find the content type on the default database.
-        You can load an instance from a different database by providing
-        a ``using`` argument.
-
 The :meth:`~models.ContentTypeManager.get_for_model()` method is especially useful when you know you
 need to work with a :class:`ContentType <django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType>` but don't want to go to the
 trouble of obtaining the model's metadata to perform a manual lookup::