diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 58004cbee1..4e12fd6168 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@
         Use the
         <link linkend='var-WARN_QA'><filename>WARN_QA</filename></link> and
         <link linkend='var-ERROR_QA'><filename>ERROR_QA</filename></link>
-         variables to control the behavior of
+        variables to control the behavior of
         these checks at the global level (i.e. in your custom distro
         configuration).
         However, to skip one or more checks in recipes, you should use