diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 09afc09a5b..6cf039aa12 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@
             and thus outside of the <link linkend='source-directory'>source directory</link>.
             For example, suppose you have a project that includes a new BSP with a heavily customized 
             kernel, a very minimal image, and some new user-space recipes.
-            And, you want to minimize the exposure to the build system to the 
+            And, you want to minimize exposing the build system to the 
             development team so that they can focus on their project and maintain everyone's workflow
             as much as possible.
             In this case, you want a kernel source directory on the development machine where the