diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
index c8f2fae94e..25c03e0a52 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
@@ -1078,7 +1078,8 @@
             variable points to the <filename>deploy</filename> directory,
             while the
             <link linkend='var-DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE'><filename>DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE</filename></link>
-            variable points to the machine-specific directory.
+            variable points to the appropriate directory containing images for
+            the current configuration.
             <itemizedlist>
                 <listitem><para><filename>&lt;kernel-image&gt;</filename>:
                     A kernel binary file.