diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 3b8e091963..e513c67e04 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
                                 <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-LAYERDIR'>LAYERDIR</ulink></filename>
                                 variable expands to the directory of the
                                 current layer
-                                </list></listitem>
+                                </para></listitem>
                         </itemizedlist></para>
 
                         <para>Through the use of the <filename>BBPATH</filename>