diff --git a/man5/intro.5 b/man5/intro.5
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@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .SH NAME
 intro \- introduction to file formats
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Section 5 of the manual describes various file formats and protocols,
-and the corresponding C structures, if any.
+Section 5 of the manual describes various file formats,
+as well as the corresponding C structures, if any.
 .SH NOTES
 .SS Authors and copyright conditions
 Look at the header of the manual page source for the author(s) and copyright