diff --git a/source/basic.tex b/source/basic.tex
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--- a/source/basic.tex
+++ b/source/basic.tex
@@ -5562,10 +5562,8 @@
 \begin{itemize}
 \item
 \placeholder{A} performs a release operation on an atomic object \placeholder{M}, and, in
-another thread, \placeholder{B} performs a consume operation on \placeholder{M} and reads a
-value written by any
-\indextext{side effects}%
-side effect in the release sequence headed by \placeholder{A}, or
+another thread, \placeholder{B} performs a consume operation on \placeholder{M} and reads
+the value written by \placeholder{A}, or
 
 \item
 for some evaluation \placeholder{X}, \placeholder{A} is dependency-ordered before \placeholder{X} and