Does 'git config' accept the '--remove' option?

Hello all,	

I recently noticed that when I run 'git config' with the '--remove
<non_existing_section>' I get a warning that section doesn't exist.
When I scrolled through the man page of git-config I could see any
mention about the '--remove' option. I only see that there is a '
--remove-section' option. Sample output,

$ git config --remove test
fatal: No such section!
$ git config --remove-section test
fatal: No such section!

Is this a bug (or) is the documentation stale ?

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Regards,
Kaartic Sivaraam [off-list ref]