diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 47ccb20f5b..9102a1042a 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1251,11 +1251,11 @@
 
             <para>
                 To add a post-installation script to a package, add a
-                <filename>pkg_postinst_PACKAGENAME()
-                </filename> function to the <filename>.bb</filename> file and use
+                <filename>pkg_postinst_PACKAGENAME()</filename> function to the 
+                <filename>.bb</filename> file and use
                 <filename>PACKAGENAME</filename> as the name of the package you want to attach to the
                 <filename>postinst</filename> script.
-                Normally
+                Normally,
                 <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PN'>PN</ulink></filename>
                 can be used, which automatically expands to <filename>PACKAGENAME</filename>.
                 A post-installation function has the following structure: