diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 3eb8febefa..9076f579d1 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -2798,7 +2798,7 @@
                             <listitem><para>Remove <filename>eglibc</filename>
                                 features from
                                 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DISTRO_FEATURES'><filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename></ulink>
-                                that you think you don't need.</para></listitem>
+                                that you think you do not need.</para></listitem>
                             <listitem><para>Build your distribution.
                                 </para></listitem>
                             <listitem><para>If the build fails due to missing