diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
index 7bdbba06b1..dc7891988f 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ BB_DISKMON_DIRS ??= "\
 # at the end as shown in the examples below. This will be substituted with the
 # correct path within the directory structure.
 #SSTATE_MIRRORS ?= "\
-#file://.* http://someserver.tld/share/sstate/PATH;downloadfilename=PATH \n \
+#file://.* http://someserver.tld/share/sstate/PATH;downloadfilename=PATH \
 #file://.* file:///some/local/dir/sstate/PATH"
 
 #