diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
index a124f2cd99..5695901da8 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
             <title>bblayers.conf</title>
 
             <para>
-                The <filename>meta-yocto</filename> layer consits of two parts
+                The <filename>meta-yocto</filename> layer consists of two parts
                 that correspond to the Poky reference distribution and the
                 reference hardware Board Support Packages (BSPs), respectively:
                 <filename>meta-yocto</filename> and