diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 262fd0b39a..9af4250e27 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -4770,15 +4770,14 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     When a recipe inherits the
                     <link linkend='ref-classes-pixbufcache'><filename>pixbufcache</filename></link>
                     class, this variable identifies packages that contain
-                    the pixbuf loader modules used with
+                    the pixbuf loaders used with
                     <filename>gdk-pixbuf</filename> that the OpenEmbedded build
                     system installs.
                     By default, the <filename>pixbufcache</filename> class
-                    assumes that the loader modules appear in the main package
+                    assumes that the loaders are in the recipe's main package
                     (i.e. <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link><filename>}</filename>).
-                    Use this variable if the modules that have the pixbuf
-                    loader you need appear in a package other than that main
-                    package.
+                    Use this variable if the loaders you need are in a package
+                    other than that main package.
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>