diff --git a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
index 5983f3cbb3..b8b1a1e616 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
@@ -2404,7 +2404,7 @@ sections:
         body: |
 
           The `//` operator produces all the values of its left-hand
-          side that are neither `false` nor `null`, or, if the
+          side that are neither `false` nor `null`. If the
           left-hand side produces no values other than `false` or
           `null`, then `//` produces all the values of its right-hand
           side.
diff --git a/jq.1.prebuilt b/jq.1.prebuilt
index bb3a4b3447..24939de28c 100644
--- a/jq.1.prebuilt
+++ b/jq.1.prebuilt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .
-.TH "JQ" "1" "November 2023" "" ""
+.TH "JQ" "1" "December 2023" "" ""
 .
 .SH "NAME"
 \fBjq\fR \- Command\-line JSON processor
@@ -2586,7 +2586,7 @@ jq \'[true, false | not]\'
 .IP "" 0
 .
 .SS "Alternative operator: //"
-The \fB//\fR operator produces all the values of its left\-hand side that are neither \fBfalse\fR nor \fBnull\fR, or, if the left\-hand side produces no values other than \fBfalse\fR or \fBnull\fR, then \fB//\fR produces all the values of its right\-hand side\.
+The \fB//\fR operator produces all the values of its left\-hand side that are neither \fBfalse\fR nor \fBnull\fR\. If the left\-hand side produces no values other than \fBfalse\fR or \fBnull\fR, then \fB//\fR produces all the values of its right\-hand side\.
 .
 .P
 A filter of the form \fBa // b\fR produces all the results of \fBa\fR that are not \fBfalse\fR or \fBnull\fR\. If \fBa\fR produces no results, or no results other than \fBfalse\fR or \fBnull\fR, then \fBa // b\fR produces the results of \fBb\fR\.