diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 59ceed7dd8..8f09e968d9 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
                 <link linkend='build-directory'>build directory</link>. 
                 The following example shows how to enable a layer named <filename>meta-mylayer</filename>:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     LCONF_VERSION = "1"
+     LCONF_VERSION = "6"
 
      BBFILES ?= ""
      BBLAYERS = " \