diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 1e6addde4f..cc23a89f03 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -10822,7 +10822,7 @@
                 Use the following BitBake command form to fetch all the
                 necessary sources without starting the build:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ bitbake -c <replaceable>target</replaceable> runall="fetch"
+     $ bitbake <replaceable>target</replaceable> --runall=fetch
                 </literallayout>
                 This variation of the BitBake command guarantees that you
                 have all the sources for that BitBake target should you