diff --git a/docs/api/api.rst b/docs/api/api.rst
--- a/docs/api/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api/api.rst
@@ -162,37 +162,6 @@ OUTPUT::
     result : "Caches of repository `<reponame>`"
     error :  null
 
-lock
-^^^^
-
-Set the locking state on the given repository by the given user.
-If the param ``userid`` is skipped, it is set to the ID of the user who is calling this method.
-If param ``locked`` is skipped, the current lock state of the repository is returned.
-This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights, or that of a regular user with admin or write access to the repository.
-
-INPUT::
-
-    id : <id_for_response>
-    api_key : "<api_key>"
-    method :  "lock"
-    args :    {
-                "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
-                "userid" : "<user_id or username = Optional(=apiuser)>",
-                "locked" : "<bool true|false = Optional(=None)>"
-              }
-
-OUTPUT::
-
-    id : <id_given_in_input>
-    result : {
-                 "repo": "<reponame>",
-                 "locked": "<bool true|false>",
-                 "locked_since": "<float lock_time>",
-                 "locked_by": "<username>",
-                 "msg": "User `<username>` set lock state for repo `<reponame>` to `<false|true>`"
-             }
-    error :  null
-
 get_ip
 ^^^^^^
 
@@ -601,7 +570,6 @@ OUTPUT::
                 "repo_type" :        "<repo_type>",
                 "clone_uri" :        "<clone_uri>",
                 "enable_downloads":  "<bool>",
-                "enable_locking":    "<bool>",
                 "enable_statistics": "<bool>",
                 "private":           "<bool>",
                 "created_on" :       "<date_time_created>",
@@ -755,7 +723,6 @@ OUTPUT::
                 "owner":             "<repo_owner>",
                 "fork_of":           "<name_of_fork_parent>",
                 "enable_downloads":  "<bool>",
-                "enable_locking":    "<bool>",
                 "enable_statistics": "<bool>",
               },
               …
@@ -820,7 +787,6 @@ INPUT::
                 "clone_uri" :        "<clone_uri> = Optional(None)",
                 "landing_rev" :      "<landing_rev> = Optional('tip')",
                 "enable_downloads":  "<bool> = Optional(False)",
-                "enable_locking":    "<bool> = Optional(False)",
                 "enable_statistics": "<bool> = Optional(False)",
               }
 
@@ -841,7 +807,6 @@ OUTPUT::
                 "owner":             "<username or user_id>",
                 "fork_of":           "<name_of_fork_parent>",
                 "enable_downloads":  "<bool>",
-                "enable_locking":    "<bool>",
                 "enable_statistics": "<bool>",
               },
             }
@@ -870,7 +835,6 @@ INPUT::
                 "clone_uri" :        "<clone_uri> = Optional(None)",
                 "landing_rev" :      "<landing_rev> = Optional('tip')",
                 "enable_downloads":  "<bool> = Optional(False)",
-                "enable_locking":    "<bool> = Optional(False)",
                 "enable_statistics": "<bool> = Optional(False)",
               }
 
@@ -891,7 +855,6 @@ OUTPUT::
                 "owner":             "<username or user_id>",
                 "fork_of":           "<name_of_fork_parent>",
                 "enable_downloads":  "<bool>",
-                "enable_locking":    "<bool>",
                 "enable_statistics": "<bool>",
                 "last_changeset":    {
                                        "author":   "<full_author>",
@@ -901,8 +864,6 @@ OUTPUT::
                                        "revision": "<numeric_revision>",
                                        "short_id": "<short_id>"
                                      }
-                "locked_by": "<username>",
-                "locked_date": "<float lock_time>",
               },
             }
     error:  null