diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index cbb003ba01..1e1c81ef4f 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -2155,7 +2155,7 @@
                .
                         </literallayout></para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Stage and commit your changes</emphasis>:
-                        These Git commands list out the changed file, stage it, and then
+                        These Git commands display the modified file, stage it, and then
                         commit the file:
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ git status