diff --git a/plugins/cp/README.md b/plugins/cp/README.md
index d2cc64ff7..e8a9b6ccc 100644
--- a/plugins/cp/README.md
+++ b/plugins/cp/README.md
@@ -30,5 +30,3 @@ The enabled options for rsync are:
 * `-e /dev/null`: only work on local files (disable remote shells).
 
 * `--progress`: display progress.
-
-* `--`: everything after this is an argument, even if it starts with a hyphen.
diff --git a/plugins/cp/cp.plugin.zsh b/plugins/cp/cp.plugin.zsh
index 607a24b40..fe6ea87a8 100644
--- a/plugins/cp/cp.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/cp/cp.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 cpv() {
-    rsync -pogbr -hhh --backup-dir=/tmp/rsync -e /dev/null --progress -- "$@"
+    rsync -pogbr -hhh --backup-dir=/tmp/rsync -e /dev/null --progress "$@"
 }
 compdef _files cpv