diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
index a5b8a1829c..6284ef52b3 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
                 is to attach some brief documentation to a BitBake variable as
                 follows:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-    CACHE[doc] = "The directory holding the cache of the metadata."
+     CACHE[doc] = "The directory holding the cache of the metadata."
                 </literallayout>
             </para>
         </section>