diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 2a3891e58d..1545258e32 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -2977,7 +2977,8 @@
                         Use this variable to prevent specific packages from 
                         being installed regardless of whether they are
                         "recommended-only" or not.
-                        You need to realize that things could break when you 
+                        You need to realize that the build process could 
+                        fail with an error when you 
                         prevent the installation of a package whose presence
                         is required by an installed package.
                         </para></listitem>