diff --git a/rllib/core/models/configs.py b/rllib/core/models/configs.py
index a345860213c7..0a8b9491148b 100644
--- a/rllib/core/models/configs.py
+++ b/rllib/core/models/configs.py
@@ -887,7 +887,6 @@ class RecurrentEncoderConfig(ModelConfig):
     - Zero or one tokenizers
     - N LSTM/GRU layers stacked on top of each other and feeding
     their outputs as inputs to the respective next layer.
-    - One linear output layer
 
     This makes for the following flow of tensors:
 
@@ -901,8 +900,6 @@ class RecurrentEncoderConfig(ModelConfig):
     |
     LSTM layer n
     |
-    Linear output layer
-    |
     Outputs
 
     The internal state is structued as (num_layers, B, hidden-size) for all hidden
diff --git a/rllib/core/models/tf/encoder.py b/rllib/core/models/tf/encoder.py
index 8efb6c5a136a..ff4956df4a8b 100644
--- a/rllib/core/models/tf/encoder.py
+++ b/rllib/core/models/tf/encoder.py
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ class TfGRUEncoder(TfModel, Encoder):
     This encoder has...
     - Zero or one tokenizers.
     - One or more GRU layers.
-    - One linear output layer.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, config: RecurrentEncoderConfig) -> None:
@@ -313,7 +312,6 @@ class TfLSTMEncoder(TfModel, Encoder):
     This encoder has...
     - Zero or one tokenizers.
     - One or more LSTM layers.
-    - One linear output layer.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, config: RecurrentEncoderConfig) -> None:
diff --git a/rllib/core/models/torch/encoder.py b/rllib/core/models/torch/encoder.py
index d2400447a10a..f9e59bdc6f2f 100644
--- a/rllib/core/models/torch/encoder.py
+++ b/rllib/core/models/torch/encoder.py
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ class TorchGRUEncoder(TorchModel, Encoder):
     This encoder has...
     - Zero or one tokenizers.
     - One or more GRU layers.
-    - One linear output layer.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, config: RecurrentEncoderConfig) -> None:
@@ -297,7 +296,6 @@ class TorchLSTMEncoder(TorchModel, Encoder):
     This encoder has...
     - Zero or one tokenizers.
     - One or more LSTM layers.
-    - One linear output layer.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, config: RecurrentEncoderConfig) -> None:
diff --git a/rllib/examples/rl_modules/classes/action_masking_rlm.py b/rllib/examples/rl_modules/classes/action_masking_rlm.py
index 853ef1f979de..e948b8c1a1ef 100644
--- a/rllib/examples/rl_modules/classes/action_masking_rlm.py
+++ b/rllib/examples/rl_modules/classes/action_masking_rlm.py
@@ -93,19 +93,20 @@ def _forward_exploration(
     def _forward_train(
         self, batch: Dict[str, TensorType], **kwargs
     ) -> Dict[str, TensorType]:
-        # Preprocess the original batch to extract the action mask.
-        action_mask, batch = self._preprocess_batch(batch)
         # Run the forward pass.
         outs = super()._forward_train(batch, **kwargs)
         # Mask the action logits and return.
-        return self._mask_action_logits(outs, action_mask)
+        return self._mask_action_logits(outs, batch["action_mask"])
 
     @override(ValueFunctionAPI)
     def compute_values(self, batch: Dict[str, TensorType]):
         # Preprocess the batch to extract the `observations` to `Columns.OBS`.
-        _, batch = self._preprocess_batch(batch)
+        action_mask, batch = self._preprocess_batch(batch)
+        # NOTE: Because we manipulate the batch we need to add the `action_mask`
+        # to the batch to access them in `_forward_train`.
+        batch["action_mask"] = action_mask
         # Call the super's method to compute values for GAE.
-        return super()._compute_values(batch)
+        return super().compute_values(batch)
 
     def _preprocess_batch(
         self, batch: Dict[str, TensorType], **kwargs