diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index da051e5e45..85cbf25746 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -3389,24 +3389,27 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         <glossentry id='var-S'><glossterm>S</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
-                    The location in the <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
-                    where unpacked package source code resides.
+                    The location in the
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+                    where unpacked recipe source code resides.
                     This location is within the working directory
-                    (<filename><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'>WORKDIR</link></filename>), which
-                    is not static.
-                    The unpacked source location depends on the package name
+                    (<filename><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'>WORKDIR</link></filename>),
+                    which is not static.
+                    The unpacked source location depends on the recipe name
                     (<filename><link linkend='var-PN'>PN</link></filename>) and
-                    package version (<filename><link linkend='var-PV'>PV</link></filename>) as
+                    recipe version
+                    (<filename><link linkend='var-PV'>PV</link></filename>) as
                     follows:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
  ${WORKDIR}/${PN}/${PV}
                     </literallayout>
                     As an example, assume a
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink> top-level
-                    folder named <filename>poky</filename> and a default Build
-                    Directory at <filename>poky/build</filename>.
-                    In this case, the working directory the build system uses to build
-                    the <filename>db</filename> package is the following:
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>
+                    top-level folder named <filename>poky</filename> and a
+                    default Build Directory at <filename>poky/build</filename>.
+                    In this case, the working directory the build system uses
+                    to keep the unpacked recipe for <filename>db</filename>
+                    is the following:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
  ~/poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/db/5.1.19-r3/db-5.1.19
                     </literallayout>