diff --git a/swh/scheduler/backend.py b/swh/scheduler/backend.py
--- a/swh/scheduler/backend.py
+++ b/swh/scheduler/backend.py
@@ -319,19 +319,6 @@
         db=None,
         cur=None,
     ) -> List[ListedOrigin]:
-        """Get at most the `count` next origins that need to be visited with
-        the `visit_type` loader according to the given scheduling `policy`.
-
-        This will mark the origins as scheduled in the origin_visit_stats
-        table, to avoid scheduling multiple visits to the same origin.
-
-        Arguments:
-          visit_type: type of visits to schedule
-          count: number of visits to schedule
-          policy: the scheduling policy used to select which visits to schedule
-          timestamp: the mocked timestamp at which we're recording that the visits are
-            being scheduled (defaults to the current time)
-        """
         if timestamp is None:
             timestamp = utcnow()