diff --git a/doc/guides/dts/howtos.rst b/doc/guides/dts/howtos.rst
index 8f22e09c7ad..1eb7ecdba90 100644
--- a/doc/guides/dts/howtos.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/dts/howtos.rst
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ using instance numbers. Do this after defining ``my_api_funcs``.
    	};								\
    	DEVICE_DT_INST_DEFINE(inst,					\
    			      my_dev_init_function,			\
-			      device_pm_control_nop,			\
+			      NULL,             			\
    			      &my_data_##inst,				\
    			      &my_cfg_##inst,				\
    			      MY_DEV_INIT_LEVEL, MY_DEV_INIT_PRIORITY,	\
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ devicetree to operate on specific device nodes:
 	static const struct my_dev_cfg my_cfg_##idx = { /* ... */ };	\
    	DEVICE_DT_DEFINE(MYDEV(idx),					\
    			my_dev_init_function,				\
-			device_pm_control_nop,				\
+			NULL,           				\
 			&my_data_##idx,					\
 			&my_cfg_##idx,					\
 			MY_DEV_INIT_LEVEL, MY_DEV_INIT_PRIORITY,	\
diff --git a/doc/reference/drivers/index.rst b/doc/reference/drivers/index.rst
index 81ffe9b7a78..7a0f636963e 100644
--- a/doc/reference/drivers/index.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/drivers/index.rst
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ Then when the particular instance is declared:
   static struct my_data_0;
 
   DEVICE_DEFINE(my_driver_0, MY_DRIVER_0_NAME, my_driver_init,
-                device_pm_control_nop, &my_data_0, &my_driver_config_0,
+                NULL, &my_data_0, &my_driver_config_0,
                 POST_KERNEL, MY_DRIVER_0_PRIORITY, &my_api_funcs);
 
   #endif /* CONFIG_MY_DRIVER_0 */
diff --git a/doc/reference/power_management/index.rst b/doc/reference/power_management/index.rst
index a24931e37f5..4ab7df3c0f2 100644
--- a/doc/reference/power_management/index.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/power_management/index.rst
@@ -264,21 +264,9 @@ Device Model with Power Management Support
 Drivers initialize the devices using macros. See :ref:`device_model_api` for
 details on how these macros are used. Use the DEVICE_DEFINE macro to initialize
 drivers providing power management support via the PM control function.
-One of the macro parameters is the pointer to the device_pm_control handler function.
-
-Default Initializer Function
-----------------------------
-
-.. code-block:: c
-
-   int device_pm_control_nop(const struct device *unused_device, uint32_t unused_ctrl_command, void *unused_context);
-
-
-If the driver doesn't implement any power control operations, the driver can
-initialize the corresponding pointer with this default nop function. This
-default nop function does nothing and should be used instead of
-implementing a dummy function to avoid wasting code memory in the driver.
-
+One of the macro parameters is the pointer to the device_pm_control handler
+function. If the driver doesn't implement any power control operations, it can
+initialize the corresponding pointer with ``NULL``.
 
 Device Power Management API
 ===========================