diff --git a/docs/pages/pmd/devdocs/metrics_howto.md b/docs/pages/pmd/devdocs/metrics_howto.md
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 {%include note.html content="Using the metrics framework is for now restricted to Java rules (with plans to support 
 XPath rules later)." %}
 
-To use the metrics framework in a custom rule, the first thing to do would be to **enable metrics by adding the
-`metrics="true"` attribute** to your rule's XML element.
-
 {%include note.html content="The following explains how to use the Java metrics framework. The Apex framework 
 differs only by the name of its classes." %}