diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/gitlab/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/gitlab/provider.ts
index 0cff94a0d5..23867f6990 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/gitlab/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/gitlab/provider.ts
@@ -219,12 +219,6 @@ export const gitlab = createAuthProviderIntegration({
     /**
      * Configure sign-in for this provider, without it the provider can not be used to sign users in.
      */
-    /**
-     * Maps an auth result to a Backstage identity for the user.
-     *
-     * Set to `'email'` to use the default email-based sign in resolver, which will search
-     * the catalog for a single user entity that has a matching `microsoft.com/email` annotation.
-     */
     signIn?: {
       resolver: SignInResolver<OAuthResult>;
     };