diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 96cbc76e79..0e1cfe0f8d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         but to abort the dump.
        </para>
        <para>
-        For a consistent backup, the database server needs to support
+        To perform a parallel dump, the database server needs to support
         synchronized snapshots, a feature that was introduced in
         <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 9.2 for primary servers and 10
         for standbys. With this feature, database clients can ensure they see
@@ -931,18 +931,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
-     <varlistentry>
-      <term><option>--no-synchronized-snapshots</option></term>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-        This option allows running <command>pg_dump -j</command> against a
-        pre-v10 standby server, at the cost of possibly producing an
-        inconsistent dump.  See the documentation of the <option>-j</option>
-        parameter for more details.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-
      <varlistentry>
       <term><option>--no-tablespaces</option></term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
index d3aac0dbdf..753252e05e 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ typedef struct _dumpOptions
 	int			no_security_labels;
 	int			no_publications;
 	int			no_subscriptions;
-	int			no_synchronized_snapshots;
 	int			no_toast_compression;
 	int			no_unlogged_table_data;
 	int			serializable_deferrable;
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index 326441a76a..15dae8bd88 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"no-publications", no_argument, &dopt.no_publications, 1},
 		{"no-security-labels", no_argument, &dopt.no_security_labels, 1},
 		{"no-subscriptions", no_argument, &dopt.no_subscriptions, 1},
-		{"no-synchronized-snapshots", no_argument, &dopt.no_synchronized_snapshots, 1},
 		{"no-toast-compression", no_argument, &dopt.no_toast_compression, 1},
 		{"no-unlogged-table-data", no_argument, &dopt.no_unlogged_table_data, 1},
 		{"no-sync", no_argument, NULL, 7},
@@ -1029,7 +1028,6 @@ help(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  --no-publications            do not dump publications\n"));
 	printf(_("  --no-security-labels         do not dump security label assignments\n"));
 	printf(_("  --no-subscriptions           do not dump subscriptions\n"));
-	printf(_("  --no-synchronized-snapshots  do not use synchronized snapshots in parallel jobs\n"));
 	printf(_("  --no-tablespaces             do not dump tablespace assignments\n"));
 	printf(_("  --no-toast-compression       do not dump TOAST compression methods\n"));
 	printf(_("  --no-unlogged-table-data     do not dump unlogged table data\n"));
@@ -1211,15 +1209,10 @@ setup_connection(Archive *AH, const char *dumpencoding,
 		ExecuteSqlStatement(AH, query->data);
 		destroyPQExpBuffer(query);
 	}
-	else if (AH->numWorkers > 1 &&
-			 !dopt->no_synchronized_snapshots)
+	else if (AH->numWorkers > 1)
 	{
 		if (AH->isStandby && AH->remoteVersion < 100000)
-			fatal("Synchronized snapshots on standby servers are not supported by this server version.\n"
-				  "Run with --no-synchronized-snapshots instead if you do not need\n"
-				  "synchronized snapshots.");
-
-
+			fatal("parallel dumps from standby servers are not supported by this server version");
 		AH->sync_snapshot_id = get_synchronized_snapshot(AH);
 	}
 }