diff --git a/README b/README
index ad68c670..11caccc2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -160,8 +160,6 @@ Options for both config file and command line:
 --quiet|-q          Disable logging output, display status and errors
 --real-quiet        Disable all output
 --remove-disabled   Remove disabled devices entirely, as if they didn't exist
---retries|-r <arg>  Number of times to retry before giving up, if JSON-RPC call fails (-1 means never) (default: -1)
---retry-pause|-R <arg> Number of seconds to pause, between retries (default: 5)
 --rotate <arg>      Change multipool strategy from failover to regularly rotate at N minutes (default: 0)
 --round-robin       Change multipool strategy from failover to round robin on failure
 --scan-time|-s <arg> Upper bound on time spent scanning current work, in seconds (default: 60)
diff --git a/cgminer.c b/cgminer.c
index aa2fb42b..9582dd9f 100644
--- a/cgminer.c
+++ b/cgminer.c
@@ -956,10 +956,10 @@ static struct opt_table opt_config_table[] = {
 	OPT_WITHOUT_ARG("--remove-disabled",
 		     opt_set_bool, &opt_removedisabled,
 	         "Remove disabled devices entirely, as if they didn't exist"),
-	OPT_WITH_ARG("--retries|-r",
+	OPT_WITH_ARG("--retries",
 		     set_null, NULL, NULL,
 		     opt_hidden),
-	OPT_WITH_ARG("--retry-pause|-R",
+	OPT_WITH_ARG("--retry-pause",
 		     set_null, NULL, NULL,
 		     opt_hidden),
 	OPT_WITH_ARG("--rotate",
diff --git a/example.conf b/example.conf
index 05578e11..ae3366e6 100644
--- a/example.conf
+++ b/example.conf
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 "gpu-threads" : "2",
 "log" : "5",
 "queue" : "1",
-"retry-pause" : "5",
 "scan-time" : "60",
 "temp-hysteresis" : "3",