diff --git a/pandas/core/format.py b/pandas/core/format.py
index 7619593afb278..47d0ef37383c4 100644
--- a/pandas/core/format.py
+++ b/pandas/core/format.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=W0141
 
 import sys
-import warnings
 
 from pandas.core.base import PandasObject
 from pandas.core.common import adjoin, notnull
@@ -1641,14 +1640,11 @@ class ExcelFormatter(object):
     inf_rep : string, default `'inf'`
         representation for np.inf values (which aren't representable in Excel)
         A `'-'` sign will be added in front of -inf.
-    verbose: boolean, default True
-        If True, warn user that the resulting output file may not be
-        re-read or parsed directly by pandas.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, df, na_rep='', float_format=None, cols=None,
                  header=True, index=True, index_label=None, merge_cells=False,
-                 inf_rep='inf', verbose=True):
+                 inf_rep='inf'):
         self.df = df
         self.rowcounter = 0
         self.na_rep = na_rep
@@ -1661,7 +1657,6 @@ def __init__(self, df, na_rep='', float_format=None, cols=None,
         self.header = header
         self.merge_cells = merge_cells
         self.inf_rep = inf_rep
-        self.verbose = verbose
 
     def _format_value(self, val):
         if lib.checknull(val):
diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index cb237b93c70ba..0e8bdbccb53fb 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -1336,9 +1336,6 @@ def to_excel(self, excel_writer, sheet_name='Sheet1', na_rep='',
         inf_rep : string, default 'inf'
             Representation for infinity (there is no native representation for
             infinity in Excel)
-        verbose: boolean, default True
-             If True, warn user that the resulting output file may not be
-             re-read or parsed directly by pandas.
 
         Notes
         -----
@@ -1371,7 +1368,7 @@ def to_excel(self, excel_writer, sheet_name='Sheet1', na_rep='',
                                        index=index,
                                        index_label=index_label,
                                        merge_cells=merge_cells,
-                                       inf_rep=inf_rep, verbose=verbose)
+                                       inf_rep=inf_rep)
         formatted_cells = formatter.get_formatted_cells()
         excel_writer.write_cells(formatted_cells, sheet_name,
                                  startrow=startrow, startcol=startcol)