diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
index 6df59983e7..1b5ef07398 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
@@ -801,8 +801,7 @@
in front of the Yocto Project Maintainer.
For a list of the Yocto Project mailing lists, see the
"Mailing lists" section in
- The
- Yocto Project Reference Manual.
+ The Yocto Project Reference Manual.