diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index eca3542578..4255eb1850 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@
     <title><filename>gnome.bbclass</filename></title>
 
     <para>
-        The GNOME (<filename>gnome</filename>) class supports recipes that
+        The <filename>gnome</filename> class supports recipes that
         build software from the GNOME stack.
         This class inherits the
         <link linkend='ref-classes-gnomebase'><filename>gnomebase</filename></link>,