diff --git a/doc/src/Build_manual.rst b/doc/src/Build_manual.rst
index dea98e9b61..2fc29f584b 100644
--- a/doc/src/Build_manual.rst
+++ b/doc/src/Build_manual.rst
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ This translation uses `Pandoc <https://pandoc.org>`_ instead of Sphinx
 and thus all special Sphinx features (cross-references, advanced tables,
 embedding of Python docstrings or doxygen documentation, and so on) will
 not render correctly.  Most embedded math should render correctly.  This
-is a **very fast** way to check the syntaxes and layout of documentation
-as HTML while writing the documentation.
+is a **very fast** way to check the syntax and layout of a documentation
+file translated to HTML while writing or updating it.
 
 To translate **all** manual pages, you can type ``make fasthtml`` at the
 command line.  The translated HTML files are then in the ``fasthtml``
@@ -236,8 +236,7 @@ directly translate only individual pages: e.g. to translate only the
 
 After writing the documentation is completed, you will still need
 to verify with ``make html`` and ``make pdf`` that it translates
-correctly in the actual translations used for downloaded and online
-documentation.
+correctly in both formats.
 
 Tests for consistency, completeness, and other known issues
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^