diff --git a/doc/manual/declarative-projects.xml b/doc/manual/declarative-projects.xml
index df909a891..59178e233 100644
--- a/doc/manual/declarative-projects.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/declarative-projects.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
 <section xml:id="sec-generated-declarative-projects">
 
   <title>Generated, Declarative Projects</title>
-  <para>
   <para>
     Hydra also supports generated declarative projects, where jobsets are
     configured automatically from specification files instead of being