diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 706392488f..dcdc8cb2b5 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -756,9 +756,6 @@
             <link linkend='ref-classes-useradd'><filename>useradd</filename></link>
             class to add user and group configuration to a specific recipe.
         </note>
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
         Here is an example that uses this class in an image recipe:
         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      inherit extrausers