diff --git a/R/plotScree.R b/R/plotScree.R
index 22556fad..526a6684 100644
--- a/R/plotScree.R
+++ b/R/plotScree.R
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 #' to extract the eigenvalues from \code{reducedDim(x, dimred)}.
 #' @param cumulative \code{Logical scalar}. Whether to show cumulative explained 
 #' variance. (Default: \code{FALSE}).
-#' @param names \code{Character vector}. Optional names for the components 
-#' that will be displayed on the x-axis. If not provided, the components 
-#' are labeled sequentially as 1, 2, 3, etc.
 #' @param ... additional parameters for plotting
 #' \describe{
 #'   \item{\code{show.barplot}}{Logical scalar. Whether to show a barplot. 
diff --git a/man/plotScree.Rd b/man/plotScree.Rd
index 8d4a3e80..434e60df 100644
--- a/man/plotScree.Rd
+++ b/man/plotScree.Rd
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ to extract the eigenvalues from \code{reducedDim(x, dimred)}.}
 
 \item{cumulative}{\code{Logical scalar}. Whether to show cumulative explained
 variance. (Default: \code{FALSE}).}
-
-\item{names}{\code{Character vector}. Optional names for the components
-that will be displayed on the x-axis. If not provided, the components
-are labeled sequentially as 1, 2, 3, etc.}
 }
 \value{
 A \code{ggplot2} object