diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index e72c9ace..d77da3de 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -316,13 +316,7 @@ Useful Functions and Classes
 
 .. autofunction:: url_for
 
-.. function:: abort(code)
-
-   Raises an :exc:`~werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException` for the given
-   status code.  For example to abort request handling with a page not
-   found exception, you would call ``abort(404)``.
-
-   :param code: the HTTP error code.
+.. autofunction:: abort
 
 .. autofunction:: redirect