diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index ebdc554219..6eb4d8fe4c 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@
                 <para>
                     For recipes that inherit the
                     <link linkend='ref-classes-gtk-immodules-cache'><filename>gtk-immodules-cache</filename></link>
-                    class, this variable includes the packages that contain the
+                    class, this variable specifies the packages that contain the
                     GTK+ input method modules being installed when the modules
                     are in packages other than the main package.
                 </para>