diff --git a/adoc/chapters/programming_interface.adoc b/adoc/chapters/programming_interface.adoc
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--- a/adoc/chapters/programming_interface.adoc
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@@ -17667,10 +17667,8 @@ a device copyable type in that case and the specialization is ignored.
 
 A SYCL application passes parameters to a kernel in different ways depending on
 whether the kernel is a named function object or a lambda expression.
-If the kernel is a named function object, the [code]#operator()# member function
-(or other member functions that it calls) may reference member variables inside
-the same named function object.
-Any such member variables become parameters to the kernel.
+If the kernel is a named function object, all non-static member variables of the
+named function object become parameters to the kernel.
 If the kernel is a lambda expression, any variables captured by the lambda
 become parameters to the kernel.