diff --git a/chapters/operatorsandexpressions.tex b/chapters/operatorsandexpressions.tex
index fbf4c703a..12651044f 100644
--- a/chapters/operatorsandexpressions.tex
+++ b/chapters/operatorsandexpressions.tex
@@ -853,12 +853,9 @@ \subsubsection{cardinality (deprecated)}\doublelabel{cardinality-deprecated}
 \end{lstlisting}
 \end{nonnormative}
 
-The cardinality is counted after removing conditional components, and
-may not be applied to expandable connectors, elements in expandable
-connectors, or to arrays of connectors (but can be applied to the scalar
-elements of array of connectors). \lstinline!cardinality! should only
-be used in the condition of assert and if-statements -- that do not
-contain connect (and similar operators -- see \autoref{clocked-discrete-time-and-clocked-discretized-continuous-time-partition}).
+The cardinality is counted after removing conditional components, and may not be applied to expandable connectors, elements in expandable connectors, or to arrays of connectors (but can be applied to
+the scalar elements of array of connectors).  \lstinline!cardinality! should only be used in the condition of assert and if-statements that do not contain \lstinline!connect! and similar operators,
+see \autoref{clocked-discrete-time-and-clocked-discretized-continuous-time-partition}).
 
 \subsubsection{homotopy}\doublelabel{homotopy}