diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 1ba267a5cd..4319ff061a 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -3053,7 +3053,7 @@
                 Before changing configurations with <filename>menuconfig</filename>, copy the
                 existing <filename>.config</filename> and rename it to something else,
                 use <filename>menuconfig</filename> to make
-                as many changes an you want and save them, then compare the renamed configuration
+                as many changes as you want and save them, then compare the renamed configuration
                 file against the newly created file.
                 You can use the resulting differences as your base to create configuration fragments
                 to permanently save in your kernel layer.