diff --git a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
index a6d67982d3..b823c41afb 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
@@ -2259,7 +2259,7 @@ sections:
               # Repeat an expression until it raises "break" as an
               # error, then stop repeating without re-raising the error.
               # But if the error caught is not "break" then re-raise it.
-              try repeat(exp) catch .=="break" then empty else error;
+              try repeat(exp) catch if .=="break" then empty else error
 
           jq has a syntax for named lexical labels to "break" or "go (back) to":
 
diff --git a/docs/content/manual/v1.5/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/v1.5/manual.yml
index 5a0180f61b..f4e2a808d3 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/v1.5/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/v1.5/manual.yml
@@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@ sections:
               # Repeat an expression until it raises "break" as an
               # error, then stop repeating without re-raising the error.
               # But if the error caught is not "break" then re-raise it.
-              try repeat(exp) catch .=="break" then empty else error;
+              try repeat(exp) catch if .=="break" then empty else error
 
           jq has a syntax for named lexical labels to "break" or "go (back) to":
 
diff --git a/docs/content/manual/v1.6/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/v1.6/manual.yml
index 54feeca3f5..7e62adeb6d 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/v1.6/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/v1.6/manual.yml
@@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ sections:
               # Repeat an expression until it raises "break" as an
               # error, then stop repeating without re-raising the error.
               # But if the error caught is not "break" then re-raise it.
-              try repeat(exp) catch .=="break" then empty else error;
+              try repeat(exp) catch if .=="break" then empty else error
 
           jq has a syntax for named lexical labels to "break" or "go (back) to":