diff --git a/docs/man/man7/cdist-manifest.text b/docs/man/man7/cdist-manifest.text
index 369752e6..d9cae7cf 100644
--- a/docs/man/man7/cdist-manifest.text
+++ b/docs/man/man7/cdist-manifest.text
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ at an example:
 __package apache2 --state absent
 
 # Same with the __directory type
- __directory /tmp/cdist --state present
+__directory /tmp/cdist --state present
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 These two lines create objects, which will later be used to realise the