diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
index 0c7c3ff99..068ea2afb 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
@@ -617,8 +617,8 @@ variable.
    ``KERNEL_FEATURES`` variable based on the architecture::
 
       KERNEL_FEATURES:append = " ${KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES}"
-      KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemux86=" cfg/sound.scc cfg/paravirt_kvm.scc"
-      KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemux86-64=" cfg/sound.scc cfg/paravirt_kvm.scc"
+      KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemux86 = " cfg/sound.scc cfg/paravirt_kvm.scc"
+      KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemux86-64 = " cfg/sound.scc cfg/paravirt_kvm.scc"
 
 -  *Setting a Variable for a Single Task:* BitBake supports setting a
    variable just for the duration of a single task. Here is an example::