diff --git a/doc/cabal-package.rst b/doc/cabal-package.rst
index 6da9bb8000d..575d6d482bd 100644
--- a/doc/cabal-package.rst
+++ b/doc/cabal-package.rst
@@ -1481,15 +1481,15 @@ system-dependent values for these fields.
     
     .. Note::
 
-       Even though there is no `not equal` operator, by combining ``<`` and
-       ``>`` with ``||``, we can skip over one or more versions.
-
-       We can skip a deprecated version or we can skip versions that upset the
-       solver.  For example, the ``time =1.12.*`` series depends on ``base
-       >=4.13 && <5`` but ``time-1.12.3`` bumps the lower bound on base to
-       ``>=4.14``.  If we still want to compile with a ``ghc-8.8.*`` version of
-       GHC that ships with ``base-4.13`` then we can use ``time >=1.12 && (time
-       <1.12.3 || time >1.12.3)``.
+       Even though there is no `not equal` operator, by combining operators we
+       can skip over one or more versions, to skip a deprecated version or to
+       skip versions that upset the solver.
+       
+       For example, the ``time =1.12.*`` series depends on ``base >=4.13 && <5``
+       but ``time-1.12.3`` bumps the lower bound on base to ``>=4.14``.  If we
+       still want to compile with a ``ghc-8.8.*`` version of GHC that ships with
+       ``base-4.13`` then we can use ``time >=1.12 && (time <1.12.3 || time
+       >1.12.3)``.
 
     If no version constraint is specified, any version is assumed to be
     acceptable. For example: