diff --git a/doc/comm_modify.html b/doc/comm_modify.html
index 34417c70e4..11e36d71de 100644
--- a/doc/comm_modify.html
+++ b/doc/comm_modify.html
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 <em>cutoff</em> value = Rcut (distance units) = communicate atoms from this far away
 <em>cutoff/multi</em> type value
    type = atom type or type range (supports asterisk notation)
-   value = Rcut (distance units) = communicate atoms for the selected types from this far away
+   value = Rcut (distance units) = communicate atoms for selected types from this far away
 <em>group</em> value = group-ID = only communicate atoms in the group
 <em>vel</em> value = <em>yes</em> or <em>no</em> = do or do not communicate velocity info with ghost atoms
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diff --git a/doc/comm_modify.txt b/doc/comm_modify.txt
index b8b1b266dc..d1ab7691a5 100644
--- a/doc/comm_modify.txt
+++ b/doc/comm_modify.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ keyword = {mode} or {cutoff} or {cutoff/multi} or {group} or {vel} :l
   {cutoff} value = Rcut (distance units) = communicate atoms from this far away
   {cutoff/multi} type value
      type = atom type or type range (supports asterisk notation)
-     value = Rcut (distance units) = communicate atoms for the selected types from this far away
+     value = Rcut (distance units) = communicate atoms for selected types from this far away
   {group} value = group-ID = only communicate atoms in the group
   {vel} value = {yes} or {no} = do or do not communicate velocity info with ghost atoms :pre
 :ule