diff --git a/content/en/content-management/authors.md b/content/en/content-management/authors.md
index 530557ac0..6584a1b1c 100644
--- a/content/en/content-management/authors.md
+++ b/content/en/content-management/authors.md
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ weight         = 10
 [social]
     facebook   = "alice.allison"
     twitter    = "alice"
-    googleplus = "aliceallison1"
     website    = "www.example.com"
 
 [params]
@@ -108,9 +107,9 @@ You can find a list of all template variables to access the profile information
 
 ### Link Social Network Accounts
 
-As aforementioned, Hugo is able to generate links to profiles of the most popular social networks. The following social networks with their corrersponding identifiers are supported:  `github`, `facebook`, `twitter`, `googleplus`, `pinterest`, `instagram`, `youtube` and `linkedin`.
+As aforementioned, Hugo is able to generate links to profiles of the most popular social networks. The following social networks with their corrersponding identifiers are supported:  `github`, `facebook`, `twitter`, `pinterest`, `instagram`, `youtube` and `linkedin`.
 
-This is can be done with the `.Social.URL` function. Its only parameter is the name of the social network as they are defined in the profile (e.g. `facebook`, `googleplus`). Custom variables like `website` remain as they are.
+This is can be done with the `.Social.URL` function. Its only parameter is the name of the social network as they are defined in the profile (e.g. `facebook`). Custom variables like `website` remain as they are.
 
 Most articles feature a small section with information about the author at the end. Let's create one containing the author's name, a thumbnail, a (summarized) biography and links to all social networks: