diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
index 069a0ec809..0ca5321618 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
The variable FOO becomes
" 789 123456 "
and FOO2 becomes
- " jkl abcdef ".
+ " abcdef ".