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 \LibHandleDecl{SHMEM\_TEAM\_WORLD} &
-Handle of type \CTYPE{shmem\_team\_t} that corresponds to the
-default team of all \acp{PE} in the \openshmem program.  All point-to-point
+Handle of type \CTYPE{shmem\_team\_t} that corresponds to the world
+team that contains all \acp{PE} in the \openshmem program.  All point-to-point
 communication operations and collective synchronizations that do not specify a team
-are performed on the default team.
+are performed on the world team.
 See Section~\ref{subsec:team} for more detail about its use.
 \tabularnewline \hline
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