diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdocs/docs_table.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdocs/docs_table.go
index bc894cfcc7..a8879c3f95 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdocs/docs_table.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/doltdocs/docs_table.go
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ func createDocsTable(ctx context.Context, vrw types.ValueReadWriter, docs Docs)
 	}
 
 	return newDocsTbl, nil
-
-	return nil, nil
 }
 
 // CreateOrUpdateDocsTable takes a root value and a set of docs and either creates the docs table or updates it with docs.