diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml
index 6a5af89ffa..89f30c42e6 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@
                         Set the variable as you would any environment variable
                         and then run BitBake:
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ BBPATH = "&lt;build_directory&gt;"
+     $ BBPATH="&lt;build_directory&gt;"
      $ export BBPATH
      $ bitbake &lt;target&gt;
                         </literallayout>