diff --git a/docs/traffic_shaping.xml b/docs/traffic_shaping.xml
index 5ffd237a0..004a99ec4 100644
--- a/docs/traffic_shaping.xml
+++ b/docs/traffic_shaping.xml
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@
   <section id="Intro">
     <title>Introduction</title>
 
-    <para>Starting with Version 2.5.5, Shorewall has builtin support for
-    traffic shaping and control. Before this version, the support was quite
-    limited. You were able to use your own tcstart script (and you still are),
-    but besides the tcrules file it was not possible to define classes or
-    queuing disciplines inside the Shorewall config files.</para>
+    <para>Shorewall has builtin support for traffic shaping and control.
+    Before this version, the support was quite limited. You were able to use
+    your own tcstart script (and you still are), but besides the tcrules file
+    it was not possible to define classes or queuing disciplines inside the
+    Shorewall config files.</para>
 
     <para>The support for traffic shaping and control still does not cover all
     options available (and especially all algorithms that can be used to queue
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ ppp0           6000kbit         500kbit</programlisting>
           </itemizedlist>
 
           <note>
-            <para> <emphasis role="bold">Use the 'T' qualifier if you want the
+            <para><emphasis role="bold">Use the 'T' qualifier if you want the
             rule to apply equally to traffic being routed through the firewall
             and to traffic originating on the firewall
             itself.</emphasis></para>