diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
index 9b922b1f19..20cf234a6b 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
                 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PE'><filename>PE</filename></ulink>).
                 </para></listitem>
             <listitem><para id='poky'><emphasis>Poky:</emphasis> The term "poky" can mean several things.
-                In its most general sence, it is an open-source project that was initially developed
+                In its most general sense, it is an open-source project that was initially developed
                 by OpenedHand.  With OpenedHand, poky was developed off of the existing OpenEmbedded
                 build system becoming a build system for embedded images. 
                 After Intel Corporation aquired OpenedHand, the project poky became the basis for