diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
index addfc89700..fe076e5a88 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
             that govern the OpenEmbedded build process.
             These files fall into several areas that define machine configuration options,
             distribution configuration options, compiler tuning options, general common configuration
-            options and user configuration options (<filename>local.conf</filename>, which is found
+            options, and user configuration options (<filename>local.conf</filename>, which is found
             in the
             <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>).
         </para>