diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-devtool-reference.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-devtool-reference.xml
index 90330f1a35..99d5a52a0f 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-devtool-reference.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-devtool-reference.xml
@@ -520,9 +520,9 @@
             the potential to not behave correctly when run on the target:
             <itemizedlist>
                 <listitem><para>
-                    You are deploying a new application to the target that
-                    has correctly defined runtime dependencies defined in
-                    recipe you used to build the application.
+                    You are deploying a new application to the target and
+                    the recipe you used to build the application had
+                    correctly defined runtime dependencies.
                     </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>
                     The target does not physically have the packages on which