diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
index f62e0b0291..2fb761a7fb 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ cd ~/linux-yocto-3.0
      $ git checkout -b common-pc-base origin/yocto/standard/common-pc/base
-     Branch common-pc-base set up to track remote branch yocto/standard/common-pc/base from origin.
+     Branch common-pc-base set up to track remote branch 
+        yocto/standard/common-pc/base from origin.
      Switched to a new branch 'common-pc-base'
                 </literallayout>
             </para>