diff --git a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
index 8fa7d411f1ede6528a2e10ede09202116a13b27e..7eb390cd72ab02a8b159cd87080a88ef4bd5aa5b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
@@ -5074,7 +5074,7 @@ All of these elements are discussed in the following.
 .. matvar:: oo_.occbin.simul.piecewise
 
     |br| Matrix storing the simulations based on the piecewise-linear solution.
-    The variables are arranged column by column, in order of declaration (as in
+    The variables are arranged by column, in order of declaration (as in
     ``M_.endo_names``), while the the rows correspond to the ``simul_periods``.
 
 .. matvar:: oo_.occbin.simul.linear