diff --git a/doc/Language/5to6-nutshell.pod6 b/doc/Language/5to6-nutshell.pod6
index 058a2d38b..e442e26a5 100644
--- a/doc/Language/5to6-nutshell.pod6
+++ b/doc/Language/5to6-nutshell.pod6
@@ -637,10 +637,10 @@ The conditional operator C<? :> has been replaced
 by C<?? !!>:
 
 =for code :lang<perl5>
-my $result = ( $score > 60 ) ?  'Pass' :  'Fail'; # Perl 5
+my $result = $score > 60 ?  'Pass' :  'Fail'; # Perl 5
 
 =for code :preamble<my $score>
-my $result = ( $score > 60 ) ?? 'Pass' !! 'Fail'; # Perl 6
+my $result = $score > 60 ?? 'Pass' !! 'Fail'; # Perl 6
 
 =head2 C<.> (Dot) String Concatenation