diff --git a/specifications/xquery-40/src/expressions.xml b/specifications/xquery-40/src/expressions.xml
index 32d55b524..4946dce40 100644
--- a/specifications/xquery-40/src/expressions.xml
+++ b/specifications/xquery-40/src/expressions.xml
@@ -257,19 +257,16 @@ in-scope-prefixes($e) ! namespace {.}{ namespace-uri-for-prefix(., $e)}
                <code>xml</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace</code>
             </p>
          </item>
-
          <item>
             <p>
                <code>xs</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema</code>
             </p>
          </item>
-
          <item role="xquery">
             <p>
                <code>xsi</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance</code>
             </p>
          </item>
-
          <item>
             <p>
                <code>fn</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions</code>
@@ -290,17 +287,23 @@ in-scope-prefixes($e) ! namespace {.}{ namespace-uri-for-prefix(., $e)}
                <code>math</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/math</code>
             </p>
          </item>
+         <item diff="add" at="2023-05-10">
+            <p>
+               <code>err</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2005/xqt-errors</code>
+                  (see <specref ref="id-identifying-errors"/>).</p>
+         </item>
          <item role="xquery">
             <p>
-               <code>local</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2005/xquery-local-functions</code> (see <specref
-                  ref="FunctionDeclns"/>.)</p>
+               <code>local</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2005/xquery-local-functions</code>
+                  (see <specref ref="FunctionDeclns"/>.)
+            </p>
          </item>
-         <item diff="add" at="2023-05-10">
+         <item>
             <p>
-               <code>err</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2005/xqt-errors</code> (see <specref
-                  ref="id-identifying-errors"/>).</p>
+               <code>output</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2010/xslt-xquery-serialization</code>
+            </p>
          </item>
-         <item diff="add" at="2023-12-14">
+         <item role="xquery" diff="add" at="2023-12-14">
             <p>
                <code>xq</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2012/xquery</code>
             </p>
diff --git a/specifications/xquery-40/src/query-prolog.xml b/specifications/xquery-40/src/query-prolog.xml
index f780eda5c..e005a942b 100644
--- a/specifications/xquery-40/src/query-prolog.xml
+++ b/specifications/xquery-40/src/query-prolog.xml
@@ -913,67 +913,17 @@ declare variable $t as geometry:triangle := geo:make-triangle(); $t</eg>
         QName</termref> with a namespace prefix that is not in the <termref
         def="dt-static-namespaces">statically known namespaces</termref>.</p>
 
-    <p>XQuery has several predeclared namespace prefixes that are present in the <termref
-        def="dt-static-namespaces">statically known namespaces</termref> before each query is
-      processed. These prefixes may be used without an explicit declaration. They may be overridden
-      by <termref def="dt-namespace-declaration">namespace declarations</termref> in a <termref
+    <p>XQuery has several predeclared namespace prefixes, which are listed in
+      <specref ref="id-namespaces-and-qnames"/>.
+        These prefixes may be used without an explicit declaration; they are present in the
+        <termref def="dt-static-namespaces">statically known namespaces</termref>
+        before each query is processed. They may be overridden by
+        <termref def="dt-namespace-declaration">namespace declarations</termref> in a <termref
         def="dt-prolog">Prolog</termref> or by <termref def="dt-namespace-decl-attr">namespace
         declaration attributes</termref> on constructed elements (however, the prefix
         <code>xml</code> must not be redeclared, and no other prefix may be bound to the namespace
-      URI associated with the prefix <code>xml</code>
-      <errorref class="ST" code="0070"/>). The predeclared namespace prefixes are as follows:</p>
-    <ulist>
-      <item>
-        <p>
-          <code>xml</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace</code>
-        </p>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-        <p>
-          <code>xs</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema</code>
-        </p>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-        <p>
-          <code>xsi</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance</code>
-        </p>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-        <p>
-          <code>fn</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions</code>
-        </p>
-      </item>
-      <item diff="add" at="2023-05-10">
-        <p>
-          <code>array</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/array</code>
-        </p>
-      </item>
-      <item diff="add" at="2023-05-10">
-        <p>
-          <code>map</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/map</code>
-        </p>
-      </item>
-      <item diff="add" at="2023-05-10">
-        <p>
-          <code>math</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/math</code>
-        </p>
-      </item>
-      <item diff="add" at="2023-05-10">
-        <p>
-          <code>err</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2005/xqt-errors</code>
-        </p>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-        <p>
-          <code>local</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2005/xquery-local-functions</code> (see <specref
-            ref="FunctionDeclns"/>.)</p>
-      </item>
-      <item diff="add" at="2023-12-14">
-         <p>
-            <code>xq</code>: <code>http://www.w3.org/2012/xquery</code>
-         </p>
-      </item>
-    </ulist>
+      URI associated with the prefix <code>xml</code> <errorref class="ST" code="0070"/>).
+    </p>
 
     <p>Additional predeclared namespace prefixes may be added to the <termref
         def="dt-static-namespaces">statically known namespaces</termref> by an implementation.</p>