diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 66b862b177..faa529040a 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1085,8 +1085,8 @@
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " strace"
                 </literallayout>
-                Use of the syntax is important.
-                Specifically, the space between the quote and the package name, which is
+                Use of the syntax is important - specifically, the space between
+                the quote and the package name, which is
                 <filename>strace</filename> in this example.
                 This space is required since the <filename>_append</filename>
                 operator does not add the space.