diff --git a/doc/reference/kbuild/kbuild_toolchains.rst b/doc/reference/kbuild/kbuild_toolchains.rst
index 5b3b6c8a9b9..d8aded0ff9e 100644
--- a/doc/reference/kbuild/kbuild_toolchains.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/kbuild/kbuild_toolchains.rst
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ installation specifics.
 XTools Configuration
 ====================
 
-To set up a previously installed XTools toolchain in the build system,
+To set up a previously-installed XTools toolchain in the build system,
 you need to configure the XTools installation path and the GCC
 variant in the shell environment: