diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index bbaaf50ef3..6bbc3f17bc 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -957,8 +957,8 @@
 
     <para>
         If you do not want the Icecream distributed compile support to apply
-        to specific packages or classes, you can effectively "blacklist" them
-        by listing the packages and classes using the
+        to specific recipes or classes, you can effectively "blacklist" them
+        by listing the recipes and classes using the
         <link linkend='var-ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_BL'><filename>ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_BL</filename></link>
         and
         <link linkend='var-ICECC_USER_CLASS_BL'><filename>ICECC_USER_CLASS_BL</filename></link>,
@@ -968,10 +968,10 @@
     </para>
 
     <para>
-        Additionally, you can list packages using the
+        Additionally, you can list recipes using the
         <link linkend='var-ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_WL'><filename>ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_WL</filename></link>
         variable in your <filename>local.conf</filename> file to force
-        <filename>icecc</filename> to be enabled for packages using an empty
+        <filename>icecc</filename> to be enabled for recipes using an empty
         <link linkend='var-PARALLEL_MAKE'><filename>PARALLEL_MAKE</filename></link>
         variable.
     </para>