diff --git a/doc/manual.rst b/doc/manual.rst
index 5dc8f9d4da..078d0352a7 100644
--- a/doc/manual.rst
+++ b/doc/manual.rst
@@ -2487,13 +2487,13 @@ matches) is preferred:
   gen(ri) # "ref T"
 
 
-Overloading based on 'var T' / 'out T'
+Overloading based on 'var T'
 --------------------------------------
 
-If the formal parameter ``f`` is of type ``var T`` (or ``out T``)
-in addition to the ordinary
-type checking, the argument is checked to be an `l-value`:idx:.
-``var T`` (or ``out T``) matches better than just ``T`` then.
+If the formal parameter ``f`` is of type ``var T``
+in addition to the ordinary type checking,
+the argument is checked to be an `l-value`:idx:.
+``var T`` matches better than just ``T`` then.
 
 .. code-block:: nim
   proc sayHi(x: int): string =
@@ -2512,17 +2512,6 @@ type checking, the argument is checked to be an `l-value`:idx:.
               # 13
 
 
-An l-value matches ``var T`` and ``out T`` equally well, hence
-the following is ambiguous:
-
-.. code-block:: nim
-
-  proc p(x: out string) = x = ""
-  proc p(x: var string) = x = ""
-  var v: string
-  p(v) # ambiguous
-
-
 Lazy type resolution for untyped
 --------------------------------
 
@@ -4933,7 +4922,7 @@ of "typedesc"-ness is stripped off:
 Generic inference restrictions
 ------------------------------
 
-The types ``var T``, ``out T`` and ``typedesc[T]`` cannot be inferred in a generic
+The types ``var T`` and ``typedesc[T]`` cannot be inferred in a generic
 instantiation. The following is not allowed:
 
 .. code-block:: nim
@@ -6113,10 +6102,10 @@ noSideEffect pragma
 The ``noSideEffect`` pragma is used to mark a proc/iterator to have no side
 effects. This means that the proc/iterator only changes locations that are
 reachable from its parameters and the return value only depends on the
-arguments. If none of its parameters have the type ``var T`` or ``out T``
-or ``ref T`` or ``ptr T`` this means no locations are modified. It is a static
-error to mark a proc/iterator to have no side effect if the compiler cannot
-verify this.
+arguments. If none of its parameters have the type ``var T`` or ``ref T``
+or ``ptr T`` this means no locations are modified. It is a static error to
+mark a proc/iterator to have no side effect if the compiler cannot verify
+this.
 
 As a special semantic rule, the built-in `debugEcho
 <system.html#debugEcho,varargs[typed,]>`_ pretends to be free of side effects,