diff --git a/docs/odata-protocol/odata-protocol.html b/docs/odata-protocol/odata-protocol.html
index a4538738..8286ecb2 100644
--- a/docs/odata-protocol/odata-protocol.html
+++ b/docs/odata-protocol/odata-protocol.html
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ <h4 id="11251-system-query-option-select"><a id="SystemQueryOptionselect" href="
 <pre><code>GET http://host/service/Products?$select=DemoService.*</code></pre>
 </div>
 <p>Query options can be applied to a selected property by appending a semicolon-separated list of query options, enclosed in parentheses, to the property. Allowed system query options are <a href="#SystemQueryOptionselect"><code>$select</code></a> and <a href="#SystemQueryOptioncompute"><code>$compute</code></a> for complex properties, plus <a href="#SystemQueryOptionfilter"><code>$filter</code></a>, <a href="#SystemQueryOptionsearch"><code>$search</code></a>, <a href="#SystemQueryOptioncount"><code>$count</code></a>, <a href="#SystemQueryOptionorderby"><code>$orderby</code></a>, <a href="#SystemQueryOptionskip"><code>$skip</code></a>, and <a href="#SystemQueryOptiontop"><code>$top</code></a> for collection-valued properties. A property MUST NOT have select options specified in more than one place in a request and MUST NOT have both select options and expand options specified.</p>
-<p>If the <code>$select</code> query option is not specified, [the service returns the full set of properties or a default set of properties. The default set of properties MUST include all key properties. Services may change the default set of properties returned. This includes returning new properties by default and omitting properties previously returned by default. Clients that rely on specific properties in the response MUST use <code>$select</code> with the required properties or with <code>*</code>.</p>
+<p>If the <code>$select</code> query option is not specified, the service returns the full set of properties or a default set of properties. The default set of properties MUST include all key properties. Services may change the default set of properties returned. This includes returning new properties by default and omitting properties previously returned by default. Clients that rely on specific properties in the response MUST use <code>$select</code> with the required properties or with <code>*</code>.</p>
 <p>If the service returns less than the full set of properties, either because the client specified a select or because the service returned a subset of properties in the absence of a select, the <a href="#ContextURL">context URL</a> MUST reflect the set of selected properties and projected <a href="#SystemQueryOptionexpand">expanded</a> navigation properties.</p>
 </details>
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diff --git a/docs/odata-protocol/odata-protocol.md b/docs/odata-protocol/odata-protocol.md
index c65804b3..0aa8b573 100644
--- a/docs/odata-protocol/odata-protocol.md
+++ b/docs/odata-protocol/odata-protocol.md
@@ -2946,7 +2946,7 @@ for collection-valued properties. A property MUST NOT have select
 options specified in more than one place in a request and MUST NOT have
 both select options and expand options specified.
 
-If the `$select` query option is not specified, [the service returns
+If the `$select` query option is not specified, the service returns
 the full set of properties or a default set of properties. The default
 set of properties MUST include all key properties.
 Services may change the default set of properties returned. This
diff --git a/odata-protocol/11 Data Service Requests.md b/odata-protocol/11 Data Service Requests.md
index 3a5f12d7..1af41135 100644
--- a/odata-protocol/11 Data Service Requests.md	
+++ b/odata-protocol/11 Data Service Requests.md	
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ for collection-valued properties. A property MUST NOT have select
 options specified in more than one place in a request and MUST NOT have
 both select options and expand options specified.
 
-If the `$select` query option is not specified, [the service returns
+If the `$select` query option is not specified, the service returns
 the full set of properties or a default set of properties. The default
 set of properties MUST include all key properties.
 Services may change the default set of properties returned. This