diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-directory-structure.txt b/docs/manual/customize-directory-structure.txt
index a3a7ad4cb9..1249421da2 100644
--- a/docs/manual/customize-directory-structure.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/customize-directory-structure.txt
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ to you.
 |           +-- post_image.sh
 |           +-- rootfs_overlay/
 |           |   +-- etc/
-|           |   +-- <some file>
+|           |   +-- <some files>
 |           +-- patches/
 |               +-- foo/
-|               |   +-- <some patch>
+|               |   +-- <some patches>
 |               +-- libbar/
 |                   +-- <some other patches>
 |