diff --git a/docs/containers.conf.5.md b/docs/containers.conf.5.md
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--- a/docs/containers.conf.5.md
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@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ TOML can be simplified to:
     option = value
 
 ## CONTAINERS TABLE
-The containers table contains settings pertaining to the OCI runtime that can
-configure and manage the OCI runtime.
+The containers table contains settings to configure and manage the OCI runtime.
 
 **annotations** = []
 List of annotations. Specified as "key=value" pairs to be added to all containers.