diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
index 8723da214a..fbe37f9ca9 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
@@ -316,8 +316,7 @@ not and can not work as people would expect it should:
      13:45+01" see "man cvs" for further details).
   ** +git+ for retrieving source code from a Git repository. Used by
      default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +git://+. The downloaded
-     source code is cached as with the +svn+
-     method.
+     source code is cached as with the +svn+ method.
   ** +hg+ for retrieving source code from a Mercurial repository. One
      'must' specify +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD=hg+ when +LIBFOO_SITE+
      contains a Mercurial repository URL. The downloaded source code