diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml
index 9e15f178a6..266ef3aba8 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-advanced.xml
@@ -83,13 +83,14 @@
         The linux-yocto style recipes can optionally define the following
         variables:
         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-KERNEL_FEATURES'>KERNEL_FEATURES</ulink>
-     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE'>LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE</ulink>
+     KERNEL_FEATURES
+     LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE
         </literallayout>
     </para>
 
     <para>
-        <filename>LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE</filename> defines the kernel type to be
+        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE'><filename>LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE</filename></ulink>
+        defines the kernel type to be
         used in assembling the configuration.
         If you do not specify a <filename>LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE</filename>,
         it defaults to "standard".
@@ -134,7 +135,9 @@
     </para>
 
     <para>
-        You can use the <filename>KERNEL_FEATURES</filename> variable
+        You can use the
+        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-KERNEL_FEATURES'><filename>KERNEL_FEATURES</filename></ulink>
+        variable
         to include features (configuration fragments, patches, or both) that
         are not already included by the <filename>KMACHINE</filename> and
         <filename>LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE</filename> variable combination.