diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 4e32f300c3..ad5be9d499 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
                     <listitem><para>Avoid duplicating include files.
                         Use <filename>.bbappend</filename> files for each recipe that uses an include 
                         file.
-                        Or, if you are introducing a new recipe that requires the inc file, use the 
+                        Or, if you are introducing a new recipe that requires the included file, use the 
                         path relative to the original layer directory to refer to the file.
                         For example, use <filename>require recipes-core/somepackage/somefile.inc</filename>
                         instead of <filename>require somefile.inc</filename>.