diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml
index b5fea1c6dd..c3013b8f76 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@
             When stored outside of the recipe-space, the kernel Metadata
             files reside in a separate repository.
             The OpenEmbedded build system adds the Metadata to the build as
-            a "ktype=meta" repository through the
+            a "type=kmeta" repository through the
             <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></ulink>
             variable.
             As an example, consider the following <filename>SRC_URI</filename>