diff --git a/Doc/library/tracemalloc.rst b/Doc/library/tracemalloc.rst
index 2e1902e9591..be716e921ec 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tracemalloc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tracemalloc.rst
@@ -479,8 +479,7 @@ Snapshot
       If *cumulative* is ``True``, cumulate size and count of memory blocks of
       all frames of the traceback of a trace, not only the most recent frame.
       The cumulative mode can only be used with *group_by* equals to
-      ``'filename'`` and ``'lineno'`` and :attr:`traceback_limit` greater than
-      ``1``.
+      ``'filename'`` and ``'lineno'``.
 
       The result is sorted from the biggest to the smallest by:
       :attr:`Statistic.size`, :attr:`Statistic.count` and then by
diff --git a/Lib/tracemalloc.py b/Lib/tracemalloc.py
index 7780eca77d7..d51f1617ece 100644
--- a/Lib/tracemalloc.py
+++ b/Lib/tracemalloc.py
@@ -380,10 +380,6 @@ class Snapshot:
         if cumulative and key_type not in ('lineno', 'filename'):
             raise ValueError("cumulative mode cannot by used "
                              "with key type %r" % key_type)
-        if cumulative and self.traceback_limit < 2:
-            raise ValueError("cumulative mode needs tracebacks with at least "
-                             "2 frames, traceback limit is %s"
-                             % self.traceback_limit)
 
         stats = {}
         tracebacks = {}