diff --git a/R/add_item.R b/R/add_item.R
index 55e5817..269edb5 100644
--- a/R/add_item.R
+++ b/R/add_item.R
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #' `add_item()`.
 #'
 #' @inheritParams arcgisutils::as_layer
-#' @param user default environment variable `Sys.getenv("ARCGIS_USER")`.
-#'   The username to publish the item under.
 #' @param description a length 1 character vector containing the description of
 #'   the item that is being added. Note that the value cannot be larger than 64kb.
 #' @param tags a character vector of tags to add to the item.
diff --git a/R/create-service.R b/R/create-service.R
index 2b69553..410cd5e 100644
--- a/R/create-service.R
+++ b/R/create-service.R
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #' Creates an empty FeatureServer with no additional layers.
 #'
 #' @param service_name Feature Service name.
-#' @param user default `Sys.getenv("ARCGIS_USER")`. Your account's username.
 #' @param description default blank. The description of the feature server.
 #' @param crs default `3857`. A coordinate reference system to set for the feature server.
 #'  Must be compatible with `sf::st_crs()`.
diff --git a/man/create_feature_server.Rd b/man/create_feature_server.Rd
index efbf977..d21a7a3 100644
--- a/man/create_feature_server.Rd
+++ b/man/create_feature_server.Rd
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ retrieved from a layer in one request.}
 See details for more.}
 
 \item{token}{an \code{httr2_token} as created by \code{auth_code()} or similar}
-
-\item{user}{default \code{Sys.getenv("ARCGIS_USER")}. Your account's username.}
 }
 \value{
 If a \code{FeatureServer} is created successfully, a \code{FeatureServer} object is returned
diff --git a/man/publish.Rd b/man/publish.Rd
index 2523c8d..c5fe79e 100644
--- a/man/publish.Rd
+++ b/man/publish.Rd
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ add to the published Feature Service.}
 
 \item{max_record_count}{the maximum number of records that can be returned
 from the created Feature Service.}
-
-\item{user}{default environment variable \code{Sys.getenv("ARCGIS_USER")}.
-The username to publish the item under.}
 }
 \value{
 A named list containing the url of the newly published service.