diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
index 4a5011ea74..dba0885110 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
@@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@ into separate packages::
    require xorg-lib-common.inc
 
    SUMMARY = "Xpm: X Pixmap extension library"
-   LICENSE = "BSD"
+   LICENSE = "MIT"
    LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=51f4270b012ecd4ab1a164f5f4ed6cf7"
    DEPENDS += "libxext libsm libxt"
    PE = "1"