diff --git a/docs/rolereference.rst b/docs/rolereference.rst
index 4fee8ea277a6c7a9f5daec19b2e6ad5493136377..935dd195ac3e4c87808b19a6c131afcbc333e17e 100644
--- a/docs/rolereference.rst
+++ b/docs/rolereference.rst
@@ -2141,7 +2141,6 @@ Parameters
   generated using the appropriate algorithm. Keys for this purpose can
   be easily created via commands::
 
-    ssh-keygen -f backup_server_dsa_key -N '' -t dsa
     ssh-keygen -f backup_server_rsa_key -N '' -t rsa
     ssh-keygen -f backup_server_ed25519_key -N '' -t ed25519
     ssh-keygen -f backup_server_ecdsa_key -N '' -t ecdsa
@@ -2172,7 +2171,6 @@ Here is an example configuration for setting-up the backup server role:
         public_key: "{{ lookup('file', inventory_dir + '/ssh/mail.example.com.pub') }}"
         ip: 10.32.64.15
     backup_host_ssh_private_keys:
-      dsa: "{{ lookup('file', inventory_dir + '/ssh/backup_server_dsa_key') }}"
       rsa: "{{ lookup('file', inventory_dir + '/ssh/backup_server_rsa_key') }}"
       ed25519: "{{ lookup('file', inventory_dir + '/ssh/backup_server_ed25519_key') }}"
       ecdsa: "{{ lookup('file', inventory_dir + '/ssh/backup_server_ecdsa_key') }}"
@@ -2299,7 +2297,6 @@ plugin is quite useful here for fetching key values from some local directory):
     backup_server: "backup.example.com"
     backup_server_destination: "//example/host"
     backup_server_host_ssh_public_keys:
-      - "{{ lookup('file', inventory_dir + '/ssh/backup_server_dsa_key.pub') }}"
       - "{{ lookup('file', inventory_dir + '/ssh/backup_server_ecdsa_key.pub') }}"
       - "{{ lookup('file', inventory_dir + '/ssh/backup_server_ed25519_key.pub') }}"
       - "{{ lookup('file', inventory_dir + '/ssh/backup_server_rsa_key.pub') }}"