diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 88a3b517bb..1fb91ecd5b 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -749,11 +749,11 @@
     <title><filename>gsettings.bbclass</filename></title>
 
     <para>
-        The GSettings (<filename>gsettings</filename>) class
+        The <filename>gsettings</filename> class
         provides common functionality for recipes that need to install
         GSettings (glib) schemas.
         The schemas are assumed to be part of the main package.
-        Appropriate post-installation and post-remove (postinst/postrm)
+        Appropriate post-install and post-remove (postinst/postrm)
         scriptlets are added to register and unregister the schemas in the
         target image.
     </para>