diff --git a/docs/act_intro_chapter.sgml b/docs/act_intro_chapter.sgml
index 6e270a4d2cd7b5b49ab525353d0ddb2aa3028815..22ac3ec779c58bf217c4390773033f675e324336 100644
--- a/docs/act_intro_chapter.sgml
+++ b/docs/act_intro_chapter.sgml
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ clicking on it. The mounted image, "artemis_act", can then be opened
 and the software contents displayed by double clicking on it. Open an read the
 "Readme.txt" file.
         </PARA>
-      </SECT3>
     </SECT2>
 
     <SECT2 ID="DOSINSTALLATION">
diff --git a/docs/options.sgml b/docs/options.sgml
index a22e7e5a988857169390d27b2762e22a9dd8e57a..c707437abb47c00867dce680979feaff6426a022 100644
--- a/docs/options.sgml
+++ b/docs/options.sgml
@@ -170,20 +170,6 @@ yes on startup.  (See <XREF LINKEND="VIEWS-POPUPMENU-TOGGLES-FRAMEFEATURES">)
       </PARA>
     </SECT2>
 
-    <SECT2 ID="OPTIONS-ORGANISMTYPE">
-      <TITLE><LITERAL>organism_type</LITERAL></TITLE>
-      <PARA>
-This is the default setting for the "Eukaryotic Mode" menu item (see <XREF
-LINKEND="LAUNCH-WINDOW-OPTIONS-EUK">).  If set to <LITERAL>eukaryote</LITERAL>
-&prog; will start in eukaryotic mode, otherwise it will start in prokaryotic
-mode.
-      </PARA>
-      <PARA>
-See <XREF LINKEND="OPTIONS-EUKSTARTCODONS"> and <XREF
-LINKEND="OPTIONS-PROKSTARTCODONS">.
-      </PARA>
-    </SECT2>
-
     <SECT2 ID="OPTIONS-GENETICCODES">
       <TITLE><LITERAL>genetic_codes</LITERAL></TITLE>
       <PARA>