diff --git a/doc/ref/reesmat.xml b/doc/ref/reesmat.xml
index 719da92c94..f0fc96685d 100644
--- a/doc/ref/reesmat.xml
+++ b/doc/ref/reesmat.xml
@@ -434,7 +434,8 @@ gap> Columns(R);
Label="for a Rees 0-matrix semigroup"/>
A semigroup.
- returns the underlying semigroup of the Rees
+
+ returns the underlying semigroup of the Rees
matrix or 0-matrix semigroup R.
Arbitrary subsemigroups of Rees matrix or 0-matrix semigroups do not have