diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/extendpoky.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/extendpoky.xml
index 30fce1459f..617f389dce 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/extendpoky.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/extendpoky.xml
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@
                 important files that contain the license text for the source code. 
                 It is possible to specify a checksum for an entire file, or a specific section of a
                 file (specified by beginning and ending line numbers with the "beginline" and "endline"
-                parameters respectively). 
+                parameters, respectively). 
                 The latter is useful for source files with a license notice header,
                 README documents, and so forth.
                 If you do not use the "beginline" parameter, then it is assumed that the text begins on the