diff --git a/documentation/adt-manual/adt-command.xml b/documentation/adt-manual/adt-command.xml
index 40107647c1..e647a374a8 100644
--- a/documentation/adt-manual/adt-command.xml
+++ b/documentation/adt-manual/adt-command.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
         <filename>environment-setup-armv5te-poky-linux-gnueabi</filename>.
         Thus, the following command works:
         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ configure &dash;&dash;host-armv5te-poky-linux-gnueabi &dash;&dash;with-libtool-sysroot=&lt;sysroot-dir&gt;
+     $ configure --host=armv5te-poky-linux-gnueabi \
+        --with-libtool-sysroot=&lt;sysroot-dir&gt;
         </literallayout>
     </para>
     <para>
@@ -55,8 +56,8 @@
         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      CC=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-gcc
      LD=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-ld
-     CFLAGS=”${CFLAGS} &dash;&dash;sysroot=&lt;sysroot-dir&gt;”
-     CXXFLAGS=”${CXXFLAGS} &dash;&dash;sysroot=&lt;sysroot-dir&gt;”
+     CFLAGS=”${CFLAGS} --sysroot=&lt;sysroot-dir&gt;”
+     CXXFLAGS=”${CXXFLAGS} --sysroot=&lt;sysroot-dir&gt;”
         </literallayout>
     </para>
 </section>