diff --git a/docs/manual/manual.adoc b/docs/manual/manual.adoc
index 31d5f80bae..cfcc3e52a9 100644
--- a/docs/manual/manual.adoc
+++ b/docs/manual/manual.adoc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 = The Buildroot user manual
 :toc:
 
-Buildroot {sys:echo $\{BR2_VERSION%%-git*\}} manual generated on {localdate}
+Buildroot {sys:echo $BR2_VERSION} manual generated on {localdate}
 {localtime} from git revision {sys:git rev-parse --short HEAD}
 
 The Buildroot manual is written by the Buildroot developers.