diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index fd64addd9d..43898e158c 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -5816,7 +5816,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     In this example, "sd" is selected as the configuration
                     of the possible four for the
                     <filename>UBOOT_MACHINE</filename>.
-                    The "sd" configuration defines "mx6qsabreauto_congig"
+                    The "sd" configuration defines "mx6qsabreauto_config"
                     as the value for <filename>UBOOT_MACHINE</filename>, while
                     the "sdcard" specifies the
                     <filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename> to use for the U-boot
@@ -5859,8 +5859,12 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         <glossentry id='var-UBOOT_LOCALVERSION'><glossterm>UBOOT_LOCALVERSION</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
-                    Specifies a local version to be appended to U-Boot one.
-                    For example:
+                    Appends a string to the name of the local version of the
+                    U-Boot image.
+                    For example, assuming the version of the U-Boot image
+                    built was "2013.10, the full version string reported by
+                    U-Boot would be "2013.10-yocto" given the following
+                    statement:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      UBOOT_LOCALVERSION = "-yocto"
                     </literallayout>