diff --git a/doc/langref.html.in b/doc/langref.html.in
index 95b7171c44a0d8692cb3721d69701bbb5767eb44..aef7b097988bd6e06abd1fb777f19ca71fc16583 100644
--- a/doc/langref.html.in
+++ b/doc/langref.html.in
@@ -7530,7 +7530,7 @@ test "@hasDecl" {
       source file than the one they are declared in.
       </p>
       <p>
-      {#syntax#}path{#endsyntax#} can be a relative or absolute path, or it can be the name of a package.
+      {#syntax#}path{#endsyntax#} can be a relative path or it can be the name of a package.
       If it is a relative path, it is relative to the file that contains the {#syntax#}@import{#endsyntax#}
       function call.
       </p>