diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.rst b/docs/ref/settings.rst
index 2221f1270..6ab734489 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.rst
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ CONCURRENT_ITEMS
 
 Default: ``100``
 
-Maximum number of concurrent items to process in parallel (per domain) in the
-Item Processor (aka. Item Pipeline).
+Maximum number of concurrent items (per response) to process in parallel in the
+Item Processor (also known as the Item Pipeline).
 
 .. setting:: COOKIES_DEBUG
 
diff --git a/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py b/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
index 6db530ace..b90f7b8e0 100644
--- a/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ ITEM_PROCESSOR = 'scrapy.item.pipeline.ItemPipelineManager'
 # Item pipelines are typically set in specific commands settings
 ITEM_PIPELINES = []
 
-# max limit of items to process in parallel
-ITEMPIPELINE_CONCURRENTLIMIT = 0
-
 LOG_ENABLED = True
 LOG_STDOUT = False
 LOGLEVEL = 'DEBUG'