diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
index b1d7c40799..8df03df61e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@
             <para>
                 You can also use relative paths as shown in the following example:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://src/ls.c;startline=5;endline=16;\
+     LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://src/ls.c;beginline=5;endline=16;\
                                          md5=bb14ed3c4cda583abc85401304b5cd4e"
      LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://../license.html;md5=5c94767cedb5d6987c902ac850ded2c6"
                 </literallayout>