diff --git a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
index ec5babe4c..c4cced2ca 100644
--- a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
+++ b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ root filesystem on the target, and must *not* make a reference to the variable
 .. note::

    The list of files for a package is defined using the override syntax by
-   separating :term:`FILES` and the package name by a semi-colon (``:``).
+   separating :term:`FILES` and the package name by a colon (``:``).

 A given file can only ever be in one package. By iterating from the leftmost to
 rightmost package in :term:`PACKAGES`, each file matching one of the patterns