diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 5df89a94d7..792568cd25 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@
             <para>
                 You might also need these variables:
                 <itemizedlist>
-                    <listitem><para><filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SERIAL_CONSOLE'>SERIAL_CONSOLE</ulink></filename>
+                    <listitem><para><filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SERIAL_CONSOLES'>SERIAL_CONSOLES</ulink></filename>
                         (e.g. "115200 ttyS0")</para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para><filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-KERNEL_IMAGETYPE'>KERNEL_IMAGETYPE</ulink></filename>
                         (e.g. "zImage")</para></listitem>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-varlocality.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-varlocality.xml
index 145b572145..d3f873298d 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-varlocality.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-varlocality.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                 <itemizedlist>
                     <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TARGET_ARCH'>TARGET_ARCH</link></filename>
                         </para></listitem>
-                    <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-SERIAL_CONSOLE'>SERIAL_CONSOLE</link>
+                    <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-SERIAL_CONSOLES'>SERIAL_CONSOLES</link>
                         </filename></para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS'>PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS</link>
                         </filename></para></listitem>