diff --git a/doc/balance.html b/doc/balance.html
index edd39de564..216fdae35b 100644
--- a/doc/balance.html
+++ b/doc/balance.html
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ balancing has not yet been released.
 </P>
 <PRE>balance group-ID keyword args ... 
 </PRE>
-<LI>group-ID = ID of group of atoms to balance across processors 
-</UL>
 <LI>one or more keyword/arg pairs may be appended 
-
+</UL>
 <LI>keyword = <I>x</I> or <I>y</I> or <I>z</I> or <I>dynamic</I> 
 
 <PRE>  <I>x</I> args = <I>uniform</I> or Px-1 numbers between 0 and 1
diff --git a/doc/balance.txt b/doc/balance.txt
index 3c2174e899..06173dd7ee 100644
--- a/doc/balance.txt
+++ b/doc/balance.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ balancing has not yet been released.
 
 balance group-ID keyword args ... :pre
 
-group-ID = ID of group of atoms to balance across processors :ule,l
-one or more keyword/arg pairs may be appended :l
+one or more keyword/arg pairs may be appended :ule,l
 keyword = {x} or {y} or {z} or {dynamic} :l
   {x} args = {uniform} or Px-1 numbers between 0 and 1
     {uniform} = evenly spaced cuts between processors in x dimension