diff --git a/pandas/plotting/_core.py b/pandas/plotting/_core.py
index ad3c4f0ecb05f..43f33cf30dea1 100644
--- a/pandas/plotting/_core.py
+++ b/pandas/plotting/_core.py
@@ -1847,8 +1847,6 @@ def _plot(data, x=None, y=None, subplots=False,
     position : float
         Specify relative alignments for bar plot layout.
         From 0 (left/bottom-end) to 1 (right/top-end). Default is 0.5 (center)
-    layout : tuple (optional)
-        (rows, columns) for the layout of the plot
     table : boolean, Series or DataFrame, default False
         If True, draw a table using the data in the DataFrame and the data will
         be transposed to meet matplotlib's default layout.