diff --git a/doc/portability.qbk b/doc/portability.qbk
index 66f909a..0e89196 100644
--- a/doc/portability.qbk
+++ b/doc/portability.qbk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
__boost_hash__ is written to be as portable as possible, but unfortunately, several
older compilers don't support argument dependent lookup (ADL) - the mechanism
used for customisation. On those compilers custom overloads for `hash_value`
-need to be declared in the boost namespace.
+needs to be declared in the boost namespace.
On a strictly standards compliant compiler, an overload defined in the
boost namespace won't be found when __boost_hash__ is instantiated,
diff --git a/doc/ref.xml b/doc/ref.xml
index 0ce8318..21acd4a 100644
--- a/doc/ref.xml
+++ b/doc/ref.xml
@@ -406,8 +406,6 @@ file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
-
-
@@ -502,10 +500,6 @@ for(; first != last; ++first)
-
-
-
-
@@ -803,7 +797,6 @@ return seed;
-