diff --git a/docs/reference/amdsmi-py-api.md b/docs/reference/amdsmi-py-api.md
index 5c9812e123..fcd387c370 100644
--- a/docs/reference/amdsmi-py-api.md
+++ b/docs/reference/amdsmi-py-api.md
@@ -3917,7 +3917,6 @@ Input parameters:
 * `link_type` The AmdSmiLinkType level to search for nearest devices
 
 Output: Dictionary holding the following fields.
-* `count` number of nearest devices found based on given topology level
 * `processor_list` list of all nearest device handlers found
 
 
@@ -3939,7 +3938,7 @@ try:
         print(amdsmi_get_gpu_device_uuid(devices[0]))
 
     nearest_gpus = amdsmi_get_link_topology_nearest(devices[0], AmdSmiLinkType.AMDSMI_LINK_TYPE_PCIE)
-    if (nearest_gpus['count']) == 0:
+    if (len(nearest_gpus['processor_list'])) == 0:
         print("No nearest GPUs found on machine")
     else:
         print("Nearest GPUs")
diff --git a/py-interface/amdsmi_interface.py b/py-interface/amdsmi_interface.py
index a727329362..4d04d26912 100644
--- a/py-interface/amdsmi_interface.py
+++ b/py-interface/amdsmi_interface.py
@@ -4431,6 +4431,5 @@ def amdsmi_get_link_topology_nearest(
         device_list.append(topology_nearest_list.processor_list[index])
 
     return {
-        'count': topology_nearest_list.count,
         'processor_list': device_list
     }