diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index c86b7669c5..8bc7fd8b2b 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -10820,7 +10820,7 @@
             <title>Using systemd Exclusively</title>
 
             <para>
-                Set the these variables in your distribution configuration
+                Set these variables in your distribution configuration
                 file as follows:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " systemd"