diff --git a/doc/admin-guide-cloud/source/blockstorage_glusterfs_backend.rst b/doc/admin-guide-cloud/source/blockstorage_glusterfs_backend.rst
index a534aa9b28..86b17e5067 100644
--- a/doc/admin-guide-cloud/source/blockstorage_glusterfs_backend.rst
+++ b/doc/admin-guide-cloud/source/blockstorage_glusterfs_backend.rst
@@ -169,27 +169,6 @@ After you configure the GlusterFS service, complete these steps:
 
 OpenStack Block Storage is now configured to use a GlusterFS back end.
 
-.. note::
-
-   In :file:`/etc/cinder/cinder.conf`, the ``glusterfs_sparsed_volumes`` configuration
-   key determines whether volumes are created as sparse files and grown
-   as needed or fully allocated up front. The default and recommended
-   value of this key is true, which ensures volumes are initially created
-   as sparse files.
-
-   Setting ``glusterfs_sparsed_volumes`` to false will result in volumes being
-   fully allocated at the time of creation. This leads to increased delays
-   in volume creation.
-
-   However, should you choose to set ``glusterfs_sparsed_volumes`` to false, you
-   can do so directly in :file:`/etc/cinder/cinder.conf`.
-
-   On distributions that include ``openstack-config``, you can configure this by
-   running the following command instead::
-
-    # openstack-config --set /etc/cinder/cinder.conf \
-      DEFAULT glusterfs_sparsed_volumes false
-
 .. warning::
 
    If a client host has SELinux enabled, the ``virt_use_fusefs`` boolean
diff --git a/doc/common/samples/cinder.conf.sample b/doc/common/samples/cinder.conf.sample
index 4c5c8123a9..0d61179554 100644
--- a/doc/common/samples/cinder.conf.sample
+++ b/doc/common/samples/cinder.conf.sample
@@ -1294,15 +1294,6 @@
 # value)
 #glusterfs_shares_config=/etc/cinder/glusterfs_shares
 
-# Create volumes as sparsed files which take no space.If set
-# to False volume is created as regular file.In such case
-# volume creation takes a lot of time. (boolean value)
-#glusterfs_sparsed_volumes=true
-
-# Create volumes as QCOW2 files rather than raw files.
-# (boolean value)
-#glusterfs_qcow2_volumes=false
-
 # Base dir containing mount points for gluster shares. (string
 # value)
 #glusterfs_mount_point_base=$state_path/mnt