diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 3b675359b5..658919dfc0 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@
                 Furthermore, you must use <filename>_append</filename> instead
                 of the <filename>+=</filename> operator if you want to avoid
                 ordering issues.
-                The reason for this is because doing so un>+conditionally appends
+                The reason for this is because doing so unconditionally appends
                 to the variable and avoids ordering problems due to the
                 variable being set in image recipes and
                 <filename>.bbclass</filename> files with operators like