diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 02d1dd22b4..51d65016fc 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -3574,7 +3574,7 @@
                 <filename>local.conf</filename> file as follows:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      DISTRO_FEATURES = "systemd"
-     VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init-manager = "systemd"
+     VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager = "systemd"
                 </literallayout>
                 You can save some disk space by adding
                 <filename>sysvinit</filename> to the distribution features
@@ -3595,7 +3595,7 @@
                 <filename>local.conf</filename> file as follows:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      DISTRO_FEATURES = "systemd"
-     VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init-manager = "systemd"
+     VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager = "systemd"
                 </literallayout>
                 Doing so causes your main image to use the
                 <filename>packagegroup-core-boot.bb</filename> recipe and