diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-bsp-appendix.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-bsp-appendix.xml
index 25f74763b1..da14fbba2a 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-bsp-appendix.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-bsp-appendix.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
Alternatively, you can start with the downloaded Poky "&DISTRO_NAME;" tarball.
These commands unpack the tarball into a Yocto Project File directory structure.
By default, the top-level directory of the file structure is named
- poky-&YOCTO_POKY;:
+ &YOCTO_POKY;:
$ tar xfj &YOCTO_POKY_TARBALL;
$ cd &YOCTO_POKY;