diff --git a/docs/refguide.xml b/docs/refguide.xml
index 2a6339086..3a34249a8 100644
--- a/docs/refguide.xml
+++ b/docs/refguide.xml
@@ -745,8 +745,8 @@ each host is up or down. This option displays the type of the packet
that determined a port or hosts state. For example, A RST packet from
a closed port or an echo reply from an alive host. The information
Nmap can provide is determined by the type of scan or ping. The SYN
-scan and SYN ping ( and ) are very detailed, but the
-TCP connect scan and ping () are limited by the
+scan and SYN ping ( and ) are very detailed, but the
+TCP connect scan () is limited by the
implementation of the connect system call. This feature is automatically enabled by
the debug option () and the results are stored in XML log files
even if this option is not specified.