diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
index 0c7c3ff99..4b1aeedc1 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
@@ -803,7 +803,17 @@ An advantage with the inherit directive as compared to both the
 :ref:`include <bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata:\`\`include\`\` directive>` and :ref:`require <bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata:\`\`require\`\` directive>`
 directives is that you can inherit class files conditionally. You can
 accomplish this by using a variable expression after the ``inherit``
-statement.
+statement, as in::
+
+   inherit ${@'classname' if condition else ''}
+
+Or::
+
+   inherit ${@bb.utils.contains('VARIABLE', 'something', 'classname', '', d)}
+
+In both cases, if the expression evaluates to an
+empty string, the statement does not trigger a syntax error because it
+becomes a no-op.
 
 For inheriting classes conditionally, using the :ref:`inherit_defer
 <ref-bitbake-user-manual-metadata-inherit-defer>` directive is advised as
@@ -840,19 +850,6 @@ defers the evaluation of ``${VARNAME}`` until the end of
 parsing. Assuming ``someoverride`` is in :term:`OVERRIDES`, ``${VARNAME}``
 expands to ``myclass``, which is then inherited.
 
-Alternatively, you could use an inline Python expression in the
-following form::
-
-   inherit_defer ${@'classname' if condition else ''}
-
-Or::
-
-   inherit_defer ${@bb.utils.contains('VARIABLE', 'something', 'classname', '', d)}
-
-In all cases, if the expression evaluates to an
-empty string, the statement does not trigger a syntax error because it
-becomes a no-op.
-
 See also :term:`BB_DEFER_BBCLASSES` for automatically promoting classes
 ``inherit`` calls to ``inherit_defer``.