diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 147e0295ac..aeda1febe9 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -4756,8 +4756,10 @@
                 placed where the OpenEmbedded build system can find and apply them.
                 Syntactically, the configuration statement is identical to what would appear
                 in the <filename>.config</filename> file, which is in the
-                <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link> in
-                <filename>tmp/work/&lt;arch&gt;-poky-linux/linux-yocto-&lt;release-specific-string&gt;/linux-&lt;arch&gt;-&lt;build-type&gt;</filename>.
+                <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>:
+                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     tmp/work/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-poky-linux/linux-yocto-<replaceable>release_specific_string</replaceable>/linux-<replaceable>arch</replaceable>-<replaceable>build_type</replaceable>
+                </literallayout>
             </para>
 
             <para>