diff --git a/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml b/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml
index e5b5583ce6..77c32dcf17 100644
--- a/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml
+++ b/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.26 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.27 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/pcre.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
 <chapter xml:id="reference.pcre.pattern.syntax" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Pattern Syntax</title>
  <titleabbrev>PCRE regex syntax</titleabbrev>
 
-   <section xml:id="regexp.reference">
-    <title>Regular Expression Details</title>
     <section xml:id="regexp.introduction">
      <title>Introduction</title>
      <para>
@@ -1741,7 +1739,6 @@
      longer than about 20 characters.
      </para>
     </section>
-   </section>
   </chapter>
 
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