diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index aadb43238b..2b2635423a 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -832,7 +832,8 @@
                 with the target file as the only argument. 
                 Here is an example:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ md5sum mtd-utils-1.4.9.tar.bz2 82b8e714b90674896570968f70ca778b mtd-utils-1.4.9.tar.bz2
+     $ md5sum mtd-utils-1.4.9.tar.bz2 
+     82b8e714b90674896570968f70ca778b mtd-utils-1.4.9.tar.bz2
                 </literallayout>
             </para>
         </section>