diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 2037d462d2..5bcf947fab 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -3955,10 +3955,9 @@
                 post-installation scripts from running during root filesystem
                 creation:
                 <itemizedlist>
-                    <listitem><para><emphasis>Not using
+                    <listitem><para><emphasis>Not using $D in front of absolute paths:</emphasis>
+                        The build system defines 
                         <filename>$</filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-D'><filename>D</filename></ulink>
-                        in front of absolute paths:</emphasis>
-                        The build system defines <filename>$D</filename>
                         at root filesystem creation time, and
                         it is blank when run on the target device.
                         This implies two purposes for <filename>$D</filename>: