diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt b/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt
index aac9a4313d..99a942c804 100644
--- a/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt
@@ -33,27 +33,27 @@ to the Buildroot output directory.
 Some examples:
 
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- buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL=/path/to/foobar menuconfig
+buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL=/path/to/foobar menuconfig
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 From now on, external definitions from the +/path/to/foobar+
 directory will be used:
 
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- buildroot/ $ make
- buildroot/ $ make legal-info
+buildroot/ $ make
+buildroot/ $ make legal-info
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 We can switch to another external definitions directory at any time:
 
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- buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL=/where/we/have/barfoo xconfig
+buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL=/where/we/have/barfoo xconfig
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 Or disable the usage of external definitions:
 
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- buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL= xconfig
+buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL= xconfig
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 +BR2_EXTERNAL+ allows three different things: