diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 3c7b5d6817..b31fcce80f 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1580,9 +1580,6 @@
         <section id='new-recipe-unpacking-code'>
             <title>Unpacking Code</title>
 
-do_unpack unpacks the source, and S must be set
-> to point to where it will be unpacked
-
             <para>
                 During the build, the <filename>do_unpack</filename> task
                 unpacks the source and