diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index 5ede70652f3921d7850d236855348763a7481fcc..80ea4b3ee6954474e9aff6bbde5dd7947b80d4be 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -1343,18 +1343,8 @@ server.
           - web_server
           - database_server
 
-2. Now let's configure the role. This is rather simplistic, since we only need
-   to set the database server root (admin) password.
-
-   .. note::
-      Default MariaDB server configuration on Debian Stretch enables
-      the ``root`` OS user to login via Unix socket without providing
-      password as well.
-
-   :file:`~/mysite/group_vars/web.yml`
-   ::
-
-      db_root_password: root
+2. This particular role has no parameters, and no additional steps are
+   necessary to configure it. So move along...
 
 3. No TLS support has been implemented for this role (yet), so simply apply the
    changes::