diff --git a/docs/example_config.yml b/docs/example_config.yml
index f5483952..62f3ab2c 100644
--- a/docs/example_config.yml
+++ b/docs/example_config.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,5 @@ scrape:
   timeout-margin: 0.5
 telemetry:
   path: /metrics
-  max-requests: 5
 web:
   listen-address: ":9182"