diff --git a/docs/community/newDiagram.md b/docs/community/newDiagram.md
index bb7e2a9615..ba52999f4d 100644
--- a/docs/community/newDiagram.md
+++ b/docs/community/newDiagram.md
@@ -124,53 +124,6 @@ There are a few features that are common between the different types of diagrams
 
 Here some pointers on how to handle these different areas.
 
-#### [Directives](../config/directives.md)
-
-Here is example handling from flowcharts:
-Jison:
-
-```jison
-/* lexical grammar */
-%lex
-%x open_directive
-%x type_directive
-%x arg_directive
-%x close_directive
-
-\%\%\{                                                          { this.begin('open_directive'); return 'open_directive'; }
-<open_directive>((?:(?!\}\%\%)[^:.])*)                          { this.begin('type_directive'); return 'type_directive'; }
-<type_directive>":"                                             { this.popState(); this.begin('arg_directive'); return ':'; }
-<type_directive,arg_directive>\}\%\%                            { this.popState(); this.popState(); return 'close_directive'; }
-<arg_directive>((?:(?!\}\%\%).|\n)*)                            return 'arg_directive';
-
-/* language grammar */
-
-/* ... */
-
-directive
-  : openDirective typeDirective closeDirective separator
-  | openDirective typeDirective ':' argDirective closeDirective separator
-  ;
-
-openDirective
-  : open_directive { yy.parseDirective('%%{', 'open_directive'); }
-  ;
-
-typeDirective
-  : type_directive { yy.parseDirective($1, 'type_directive'); }
-  ;
-
-argDirective
-  : arg_directive { $1 = $1.trim().replace(/'/g, '"'); yy.parseDirective($1, 'arg_directive'); }
-  ;
-
-closeDirective
-  : close_directive { yy.parseDirective('}%%', 'close_directive', 'flowchart'); }
-  ;
-```
-
-It is probably a good idea to keep the handling similar to this in your new diagram. The parseDirective function is provided by the mermaidAPI.
-
 ## Accessibility
 
 Mermaid automatically adds the following accessibility information for the diagram SVG HTML element:
@@ -189,7 +142,7 @@ See [the definition of aria-roledescription](https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/
 
 The syntax for accessible titles and descriptions is described in [the Accessibility documenation section.](../config/accessibility.md)
 
-In a similar way to the directives, the jison syntax are quite similar between the diagrams.
+As a design goal, the jison syntax should be similar between the diagrams.
 
 ```jison
 
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/community/newDiagram.md b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/community/newDiagram.md
index 75e17e4c9b..3393396ee9 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/community/newDiagram.md
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/community/newDiagram.md
@@ -119,53 +119,6 @@ There are a few features that are common between the different types of diagrams
 
 Here some pointers on how to handle these different areas.
 
-#### [Directives](../config/directives.md)
-
-Here is example handling from flowcharts:
-Jison:
-
-```jison
-/* lexical grammar */
-%lex
-%x open_directive
-%x type_directive
-%x arg_directive
-%x close_directive
-
-\%\%\{                                                          { this.begin('open_directive'); return 'open_directive'; }
-<open_directive>((?:(?!\}\%\%)[^:.])*)                          { this.begin('type_directive'); return 'type_directive'; }
-<type_directive>":"                                             { this.popState(); this.begin('arg_directive'); return ':'; }
-<type_directive,arg_directive>\}\%\%                            { this.popState(); this.popState(); return 'close_directive'; }
-<arg_directive>((?:(?!\}\%\%).|\n)*)                            return 'arg_directive';
-
-/* language grammar */
-
-/* ... */
-
-directive
-  : openDirective typeDirective closeDirective separator
-  | openDirective typeDirective ':' argDirective closeDirective separator
-  ;
-
-openDirective
-  : open_directive { yy.parseDirective('%%{', 'open_directive'); }
-  ;
-
-typeDirective
-  : type_directive { yy.parseDirective($1, 'type_directive'); }
-  ;
-
-argDirective
-  : arg_directive { $1 = $1.trim().replace(/'/g, '"'); yy.parseDirective($1, 'arg_directive'); }
-  ;
-
-closeDirective
-  : close_directive { yy.parseDirective('}%%', 'close_directive', 'flowchart'); }
-  ;
-```
-
-It is probably a good idea to keep the handling similar to this in your new diagram. The parseDirective function is provided by the mermaidAPI.
-
 ## Accessibility
 
 Mermaid automatically adds the following accessibility information for the diagram SVG HTML element:
@@ -184,7 +137,7 @@ See [the definition of aria-roledescription](https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/
 
 The syntax for accessible titles and descriptions is described in [the Accessibility documenation section.](../config/accessibility.md)
 
-In a similar way to the directives, the jison syntax are quite similar between the diagrams.
+As a design goal, the jison syntax should be similar between the diagrams.
 
 ```jison