diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index bc66b15a7f..5c1f785da2 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -4717,7 +4717,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     When a recipe inherits the
                     <link linkend='ref-classes-pixbufcache'><filename>pixbufcache</filename></link>
                     class, this variable identifies packages that contain
-                    the pixbuf loaders modules used with
+                    the pixbuf loader modules used with
                     <filename>gdk-pixbuf</filename> that the OpenEmbedded build
                     system installs.
                     By default, these modules appear in the main package