diff --git a/doc/src/fix_bond_react.txt b/doc/src/fix_bond_react.txt
index 5d6349a426070f5fb2b03ae53a4beb4bf4e937a7..8f71cd14ec7c4a405cd6f752db30ba7b37100e14 100644
--- a/doc/src/fix_bond_react.txt
+++ b/doc/src/fix_bond_react.txt
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ unwanted by-products. Therefore, bond/react provides the option to
 delete a user-specified set of atoms. These pre-reaction atoms are
 identified in the map file. A deleted atom must still be included in
 the post-reaction molecule template, in which it cannot be bonded to
-an undeleted atom. In addition to deleting unwanted reaction
+an atom that is not deleted. In addition to deleting unwanted reaction
 by-products, this feature can be used to remove specific topologies,
 such as small rings, that may be otherwise indistinguishable.
 
diff --git a/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt b/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt
index de602063043994fd581fd38fc9b10eca9520f759..aab1dc12f8d9cb60ac39deda779de518bd7fdfed 100644
--- a/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt
+++ b/doc/utils/sphinx-config/false_positives.txt
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ deepskyblue
 defgrad
 deformable
 del
+deleteIDs
 Dellago
 delocalization
 delocalized
diff --git a/src/USER-MISC/fix_bond_react.cpp b/src/USER-MISC/fix_bond_react.cpp
index 50efca8d097df34ba7c3016ea823eee7f2e540ed..600bb6a5405c8749a219429bff80ee90fd4ca4f0 100644
--- a/src/USER-MISC/fix_bond_react.cpp
+++ b/src/USER-MISC/fix_bond_react.cpp
@@ -1653,13 +1653,13 @@ void FixBondReact::find_landlocked_atoms(int myrxn)
     }
   }
 
-  // additionally, if a deleted atom is bonded to a undeleted atom, bad
+  // additionally, if a deleted atom is bonded to an atom that is not deleted, bad
   for (int i = 0; i < onemol->natoms; i++) {
     if (delete_atoms[i][myrxn] == 1) {
       int ii = reverse_equiv[i][1][myrxn] - 1;
       for (int j = 0; j < twomol_nxspecial[ii][0]; j++) {
         if (delete_atoms[equivalences[twomol_xspecial[ii][j]-1][1][myrxn]-1][myrxn] == 0) {
-         error->one(FLERR,"A deleted atom cannot be bonded to an undeleted atom");
+         error->one(FLERR,"A deleted atom cannot remain bonded to an atom that is not deleted");
         }
       }
     }