diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/cleanup.py b/django/core/management/commands/cleanup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e158ebb541..0000000000
--- a/django/core/management/commands/cleanup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import warnings
-
-from django.contrib.sessions.management.commands import clearsessions
-
-
-class Command(clearsessions.Command):
-    def handle_noargs(self, **options):
-        warnings.warn(
-            "The `cleanup` command has been deprecated in favor of `clearsessions`.",
-            DeprecationWarning)
-        super(Command, self).handle_noargs(**options)
diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index c2c11e6db4..caee368e63 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -102,18 +102,6 @@ is compatible with the current version of Django.
 Upon finding things that are incompatible or require notifying the user, it
 issues a series of warnings.
 
-cleanup
--------
-
-.. django-admin:: cleanup
-
-Can be run as a cronjob or directly to clean out old data from the database
-(only expired sessions at the moment).
-
-.. versionchanged:: 1.5
-
-    :djadmin:`cleanup` is deprecated. Use :djadmin:`clearsessions` instead.
-
 compilemessages
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.5-beta-1.txt b/docs/releases/1.5-beta-1.txt
index 57b13ea6ce..a1c9edd890 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.5-beta-1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.5-beta-1.txt
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ framework.
 ``cleanup`` management command
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The :djadmin:`cleanup` management command has been deprecated and replaced by
+The ``cleanup`` management command has been deprecated and replaced by
 :djadmin:`clearsessions`.
 
 ``daily_cleanup.py`` script
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.5.txt b/docs/releases/1.5.txt
index a1b046776b..2bb3095297 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.5.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.5.txt
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ the built-in :func:`itertools.product` instead.
 ``cleanup`` management command
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The :djadmin:`cleanup` management command has been deprecated and replaced by
+The ``cleanup`` management command has been deprecated and replaced by
 :djadmin:`clearsessions`.
 
 ``daily_cleanup.py`` script