diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
index dba0885110..1acca8e64c 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
@@ -3486,7 +3486,7 @@ functions::
 
    pydevshell> d.getVar("STAGING_DIR")
    '/media/build1/poky/build/tmp/sysroots'
-   pydevshell> d.getVar("STAGING_DIR")
+   pydevshell> d.getVar("STAGING_DIR", False)
    '${TMPDIR}/sysroots'
    pydevshell> d.setVar("FOO", "bar")
    pydevshell> d.getVar("FOO")