diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index b24cb8e107..66857e768c 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@
     <title><filename>logging.bbclass</filename></title>
 
     <para>
-        The logging (<filename>logging</filename>) class provides the standard
+        The <filename>logging</filename> class provides the standard
         shell functions used to log messages for various BitBake severity levels
         (i.e. <filename>bbplain</filename>, <filename>bbnote</filename>,
         <filename>bbwarn</filename>, <filename>bberror</filename>,