diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
index 28d413e636..2f9340d4ba 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
                        following statement.
                        Be sure to substitute your user information in the statement:
                        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     KSRC_linux_yocto ?= /home/scottrif/linux-yocto-3.2.git
+     KSRC_linux_yocto ?= "/home/scottrif/linux-yocto-3.2.git"
                        </literallayout></para></listitem>
                    <listitem><para><emphasis>Specify the Kernel Machine:</emphasis> Also in the 
                        <filename>linux-yocto_3.2.bbappend</filename> file, you need to specify