diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 4255eb1850..71564f20e1 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@
     <title><filename>gnomebase.bbclass</filename></title>
 
     <para>
-        The GNOME base (<filename>gnomebase</filename>) class is the base
+        The <filename>gnomebase</filename> class is the base
         class for recipes that build software from the GNOME stack.
     </para>
 </section>