diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 646a9d44fe..087fde1c33 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -650,12 +650,12 @@
     <title><filename>gconf.bbclass</filename></title>
 
     <para>
-        The GConf (<filename>gconf</filename>) class provides common
+        The <filename>gconf</filename> class provides common
         functionality for recipes that need to install GConf schemas.
         The schemas will be put into a separate package
         (<filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link><filename>}-gconf</filename>)
         that is created automatically when this class is inherited.
-        This package uses the appropriate post-installation and post-remove
+        This package uses the appropriate post-install and post-remove
         (postinst/postrm) scriptlets to register and unregister the schemas
         in the target image.
     </para>