diff --git a/src/v-st-ext.adoc b/src/v-st-ext.adoc
index 30e44dcb5..0d6420a59 100644
--- a/src/v-st-ext.adoc
+++ b/src/v-st-ext.adoc
@@ -4807,7 +4807,7 @@ copy.  The instructions operate as if EEW=SEW, EMUL = NREG, effective
 length `evl`= EMUL * VLEN/SEW.
 
 NOTE: These instructions are intended to aid compilers to shuffle
-vector registers without needing to know or change `vl` or `vtype`.
+vector registers without needing to know or change `vl`.
 
 NOTE: The usual property that no elements are written if `vstart` {ge} `vl`
 does not apply to these instructions.