diff --git a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
index c8b89885e3..3017637529 100644
--- a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
+++ b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
@@ -1908,8 +1908,8 @@ Behind the scenes, the shared state code works by looking in
 shared state files. Here is an example::
 
    SSTATE_MIRRORS ?= "\
-       file://.\* http://someserver.tld/share/sstate/PATH;downloadfilename=PATH \n \
-       file://.\* file:///some/local/dir/sstate/PATH"
+       file://.* http://someserver.tld/share/sstate/PATH;downloadfilename=PATH \n \
+       file://.* file:///some/local/dir/sstate/PATH"
 
 .. note::