diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 17be03dedd..1f71e7eb39 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -5605,7 +5605,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         <glossentry id='var-SDK_DEPLOY'><glossterm>SDK_DEPLOY</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
-                    The work directory set up and used by the
+                    The directory set up and used by the
                     <link linkend='ref-classes-populate-sdk'><filename>populate_sdk_base</filename></link>
                     to which the SDK is deployed.
                     The <filename>populate_sdk_base</filename> class defines