I ran into the same situation and sent an email to AMD. I received their reply today. Here it is:
Thank you for contacting AMD.
Do not remove the thermal pad. The instructions sheet were wrong and they have been corrected. The only thing you need to do is just remove the plastic cover.
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My retail cpu arrived the same way. I sent an email to AMD but so far no reply. Although others have mentioned that there were similar postings elsewhere, I could not find any. What did you end up doing?
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