diff --git a/gcc/cobol/cobol1.cc b/gcc/cobol/cobol1.cc
index 7d742b90776..3bd21c783de 100644
--- a/gcc/cobol/cobol1.cc
+++ b/gcc/cobol/cobol1.cc
@@ -385,10 +385,6 @@ cobol_langhook_handle_option (size_t scode,
             return true;
         }
 
-        case OPT_fmax_errors:
-            flag_max_errors = atoi(arg);
-            return true;
-
         case OPT_ffixed_form:
             cobol_set_indicator_column(-7);
             return true;
diff --git a/gcc/cobol/gcobol.1 b/gcc/cobol/gcobol.1
index 64c017c2214..4377c1401ef 100644
--- a/gcc/cobol/gcobol.1
+++ b/gcc/cobol/gcobol.1
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ had appeared.
 Not all exception conditions are implemented.  Any that are not
 produce a warning message.
 .
-.It Fl fmax-errors Ar nerror
+.It Fl fmax-errors Ns Li = Ns Ar nerror
 .Ar nerror
 represents the number of error messages produced.  Without this option,
 .Nm
diff --git a/gcc/cobol/lang.opt b/gcc/cobol/lang.opt
index 1d33f34acee..59278a147e9 100644
--- a/gcc/cobol/lang.opt
+++ b/gcc/cobol/lang.opt
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ finternal-ebcdic
 Cobol Var(cobol_ebcdic, 1) Init(0)
 -finternal-ebcdic	Internal processing is in EBCDIC Code Page 1140
 
-fmax-errors
-Cobol Joined Separate
-; Documented in C
-
 fstatic-call
 Cobol Var(cobol_static_call, 1) Init(1)
 Enable/disable static linkage for CALL literals
diff --git a/gcc/cobol/lang.opt.urls b/gcc/cobol/lang.opt.urls
index 75df59643ea..69f52973c02 100644
--- a/gcc/cobol/lang.opt.urls
+++ b/gcc/cobol/lang.opt.urls
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ LangUrlSuffix_Fortran(gfortran/Fortran-Dialect-Options.html#index-ffixed-form)
 ffree-form
 LangUrlSuffix_Fortran(gfortran/Fortran-Dialect-Options.html#index-ffree-form)
 
-fmax-errors
-UrlSuffix(gcc/Warning-Options.html#index-fmax-errors) LangUrlSuffix_D(gdc/Warnings.html#index-fmax-errors)
-
 iprefix
 UrlSuffix(gcc/Directory-Options.html#index-iprefix) LangUrlSuffix_D(gdc/Directory-Options.html#index-iprefix) LangUrlSuffix_Fortran(gfortran/Preprocessing-Options.html#index-iprefix)