diff --git a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
index decb2019aabd92c5361d19e640113f405f01d605..da52456569c0cea2407793d62c0f3b09c64d7c13 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
@@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@ identification numbers to specify reverse orientation). (Surface loops are
 used to create volumes: see @ref{Volumes}.)
 
 
-@item Compound Surface ( @var{expression} ) = @{ @var{expression-list} @} < Boundary @{ @{ @var{expression-list} @}, @{ @var{expression-list} @}, @{ @var{expression-list} @}, @{ @var{expression-list} @} @} > < Harmonic | Conformal | Harmonic_NoSplit | Conformal_NoSplit >;
+@item Compound Surface ( @var{expression} ) = @{ @var{expression-list} @} < Boundary @{ @{ @var{expression-list} @}, @{ @var{expression-list} @}, @{ @var{expression-list} @}, @{ @var{expression-list} @} @} > ;
 Creates a compound surface from several elementary surfaces.  When
 meshed, a compound surface will be reparametrized as a single surface,
 whose mesh can thus cross internal boundaries. Compound surfaces are
@@ -2248,10 +2248,10 @@ mostly useful for remeshing discrete models; see ``J.-F. Remacle,
 C. Geuzaine, G. Compere and E. Marchandise, @emph{High Quality Surface
 Remeshing Using Harmonic Maps}, International Journal for Numerical
 Methods in Engineering, 2009'' for details as well as the wiki for more
-examples.  The @var{expression} inside the parentheses is the compound surface's identification number; the
-mandatory @var{expression-list} on the right hand side contains the
-identification number of the elementary surfaces that should be
-reparametrized as a single surface.
+examples.  The @var{expression} inside the parentheses is the compound
+surface's identification number; the mandatory @var{expression-list} on
+the right hand side contains the identification number of the elementary
+surfaces that should be reparametrized as a single surface.
 
 @item Physical Surface ( @var{expression} | @var{char-expression} ) = @{ @var{expression-list} @};
 Creates a physical surface. The @var{expression} inside the parentheses