diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-hello.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-hello.xml
index 36aa810c43..f1060e52c1 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-hello.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-hello.xml
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
                     <filename>local.conf</filename> file.
                 </note>
                 The <filename>TMPDIR</filename> variable establishes a directory
-                that BitBake uses for build output and intermediate files (other
+                that BitBake uses for build output and intermediate files other
                 than the cached information used by the
                 <link linkend='setscene'>Setscene</link> process.
                 Here, the <filename>TMPDIR</filename> directory is set to