diff --git a/doc/source/cql/dml.rst b/doc/source/cql/dml.rst
index 1308de57ee..c5874ab81a 100644
--- a/doc/source/cql/dml.rst
+++ b/doc/source/cql/dml.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Querying data from data is done using a ``SELECT`` statement:
    relation: `column_name` `operator` `term`
            : '(' `column_name` ( ',' `column_name` )* ')' `operator` `tuple_literal`
            : TOKEN '(' `column_name` ( ',' `column_name` )* ')' `operator` `term`
-   operator: '=' | '<' | '>' | '<=' | '>=' | '!=' | IN | CONTAINS | CONTAINS KEY
+   operator: '=' | '<' | '>' | '<=' | '>=' | IN | CONTAINS | CONTAINS KEY
    group_by_clause: `column_name` ( ',' `column_name` )*
    ordering_clause: `column_name` [ ASC | DESC ] ( ',' `column_name` [ ASC | DESC ] )*