diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/formatter_functions.py b/src/calibre/utils/formatter_functions.py
index 42d5b6c816..6bb47e9f5e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/formatter_functions.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/formatter_functions.py
@@ -1072,9 +1072,7 @@ class BuiltinAnd(BuiltinFormatterFunction):
     __doc__ = doc = _('and(value, value, ...) -- '
             'returns the string "1" if all values are not empty, otherwise '
             'returns the empty string. This function works well with test or '
-            'first_non_empty. You can have as many values as you want. '
-            'When more than one value is present it will return "1" only if '
-            'all the values are not empty.')
+            'first_non_empty. You can have as many values as you want. ')
 
     def evaluate(self, formatter, kwargs, mi, locals, *args):
         i = 0
@@ -1108,7 +1106,7 @@ class BuiltinNot(BuiltinFormatterFunction):
     __doc__ = doc = _('not(value) -- '
             'returns the string "1" if the value is empty, otherwise '
             'returns the empty string. This function works well with test or '
-            'first_non_empty. You can have as many values as you want.')
+            'first_non_empty.')
 
     def evaluate(self, formatter, kwargs, mi, locals, val):
         return '' if val else '1'