diff --git a/sphinx/ext/napoleon/__init__.py b/sphinx/ext/napoleon/__init__.py
index 6d7406ead..6cab63c9f 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/napoleon/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/napoleon/__init__.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class Config:
 
     napoleon_type_aliases : :obj:`dict` (Defaults to None)
         Add a mapping of strings to string, translating types in numpy
-        style docstrings. Only works when ``napoleon_use_param = True``.
+        style docstrings.
 
     napoleon_custom_sections : :obj:`list` (Defaults to None)
         Add a list of custom sections to include, expanding the list of parsed sections.