diff --git a/source/reference/built-in-roles.txt b/source/reference/built-in-roles.txt
index 881c8197b9c..3bd33ec5e2e 100644
--- a/source/reference/built-in-roles.txt
+++ b/source/reference/built-in-roles.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ Every database includes the following client roles:
 
    The role provides the following actions on those collections:
 
-   - :authaction:`createRole`
    - :authaction:`collStats`
    - :authaction:`convertToCapped`
    - :authaction:`createCollection`