diff --git a/share/man/man9/Makefile b/share/man/man9/Makefile
index 28a636b146ce..3034c24c6adb 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man9/Makefile
@@ -2095,8 +2095,7 @@ MLINKS+=timeout.9 callout.9 \
 	timeout.9 callout_stop.9 \
 	timeout.9 callout_when.9 \
 	timeout.9 untimeout.9
-MLINKS+=ucred.9 cred_update_thread.9 \
-	ucred.9 crcopy.9 \
+MLINKS+=ucred.9 crcopy.9 \
 	ucred.9 crcopysafe.9 \
 	ucred.9 crdup.9 \
 	ucred.9 crfree.9 \
diff --git a/share/man/man9/ucred.9 b/share/man/man9/ucred.9
index afe4812d196c..44cbe00f5ef4 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/ucred.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/ucred.9
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 27, 2017
+.Dd January 23, 2019
 .Dt UCRED 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
 .Nm crfree ,
 .Nm crcopy ,
 .Nm crdup ,
-.Nm cru2x ,
-.Nm cred_update_thread
+.Nm cru2x
 .Nd "functions related to user credentials"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In sys/param.h
@@ -58,8 +57,6 @@
 .Fn crsetgroups "struct ucred *cr" "int ngrp" "gid_t *groups"
 .Ft void
 .Fn cru2x "struct ucred *cr" "struct xucred *xcr"
-.Ft void
-.Fn cred_update_thread "struct thread *td"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
@@ -147,11 +144,6 @@ the former
 (e.g.,
 .Va cr_version ) .
 .Pp
-The
-.Fn cred_update_thread
-function sets the credentials of
-.Fa td
-to that of its process, freeing its old credential if required.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Fn crget ,
 .Fn crhold ,