diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 09f296913d..f8ddbde1c9 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@
                 <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SRC_URI'>SRC_URI</ulink></filename>.
                 You do not need to add a <filename>do_compile</filename> step since by default BitBake
                 starts the <filename>make</filename> command to compile the application.
-                If you need additional <filename>make</filename> options you should store them in the
+                If you need additional <filename>make</filename> options, you should store them in the
                 <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-EXTRA_OEMAKE'>EXTRA_OEMAKE</ulink></filename>
                 variable.
                 BitBake passes these options into the <filename>make</filename> GNU invocation.