diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 1e8170ed31..39dedd2d85 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
                         Flattens the layer configuration into a separate output directory.
                         Flattening your layer configuration builds a "flattened" directory that contains
                         the contents of all layers, with any overlayed recipes removed and any
-                        recipe append files (<filename>.bbappend</filename>) appended to the corresponding recipes.
+                        <filename>.bbappend</filename> files appended to the corresponding recipes.
                         You might have to perform some manual cleanup of the flattened layer as follows:
                         <itemizedlist>
                             <listitem><para>Non-recipe files (such as patches) are overwritten.